Band 5 Staff Nurse - POW Main Outpatients/Fracture Clinic

Integrated Care System; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Bridgend is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse for the Trauma & Orthopaedic Fracture and Outpatients Clinics. The role involves managing wound care, running nurse-led clinics, and requires live UK NMC registration. Experience in phlebotomy and ECG is desirable. The position values communication skills as you will work with various patients and healthcare professionals.

Qualifications

• Must have experience managing wound care.
• Phlebotomy skills are desirable.
• Knowledge of ECG recording is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide wound care.
• Run nurse-led clinics and take charge in manager's absence.

Skills

Experience in Wound Care

Experience in Phlebotomy/ECG

Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Education

Live UK NMC registration

Job description

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Band 5 Staff Nurse - POW Main Outpatients/Fracture Clinic

The closing date is 18 August 2025

This role will be working in busy Trauma & Orthopaedic Fracture and Outpatients Clinic's in the Bridgend Area.

We are looking for a enthusiastic and motivated individual who can work independently as well as part of our team. Communication is an essential skill in this job as we deal with a varied aspect of patients and relatives alongside the numerous members of the multidisciplinary team.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

As part of this role you will be expected to manage wound care ranging from basic to complex, phlebotomy would be desirable alongside the recording of ECGs. Brace and splint fitting is a requirement and an existing knowledge of this is desirable but teaching will be provided. The clinics will also include various specialities within medicine and surgical field, for example Cardiology, Vascular, Gastro and some knowledge will be desirable. Also we will expect the successful candidate to complete the plastering course to enable them to apply and remove basic plasters.

The successful candidate will be expected to run nurse led clinics and take charge in the managers absence.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Person Specification

Registration

• Live UK NMC registration

Skills

• Experience in Wound Care
• Experience in Phlebotomy/ ECG
• Welsh languag speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Experience

• Clinic Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Fracture Clinic, Princess of Wales Hospital

Fracture Clinic, Princess of Wales Hospital