An exciting and challenging opportunities has arisen within the newly established Emergency Department (ED) at the Grange University Hospital (GUH). The ED offers nurses a unique environment to gain an advanced knowledge and skills base. You will encounter a multitude of acute patient presentations; as an ED nurse your assessment skills are a key component of your knowledge base, fundamental to your developing practice and essential to patient safety.

The Grange University Hospital has recently opened in November 2020 and deals with all major emergencies and treats and cares for those needing complex, specialist or critical care. It includes a 24-hour Emergency Department and Assessment Unit dealing with emergencies and resuscitation cases and has a broad range of diagnostic services, operating theatres, and a consultant-led obstetric unit. This is an excellent time to join the Health Board. The Clinical Futures model is extending Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s successful implementation of its Care Closer to Home initiatives, strengthening and promoting its services in the community as well as centralising care of the most critically ill patients in the brand new state-of-the art Grange University Hospital.

We would like to offer you the opportunity to come and be part of our supportive and experienced team and join us in our continuous efforts to deliver high quality emergency care to patients presenting with a broad spectrum of conditions. If you would like the opportunity to really make a difference to the care and treatment patients receive then this is the role for you.

You will be supported by senior nurses and your continuous learning and development will be facilitated by a highly motivated team. All staff have personal mentors and a competency based development plan. Newly qualified nurses will be supported to complete the Journey of Excellence (JoE) professional development Programme aligned to the learning and development opportunities offered within the Health Board.

We care for our patients 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and can consider a number working patterns to support work life balance of our staff. Hours of work could include twilight shifts and school hours. A degree of flexibility would be required to meet the needs of the service.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

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