Registered Nurse

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Chepstow; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking a part-time Band 5 Registered Nurse for the Cas Gwent Unit at Chepstow Community Hospital. The role involves providing high-quality nursing care, focusing on rehabilitation and palliative needs within a supportive team environment. Candidates should possess essential nursing skills and be able to work flexible hours, including weekends.

Benefits

Flexible working

Occupational health support

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to motivate others to succeed.
• Experience within a specialty setting.

Responsibilities

• Assist with assessment, planning, delivery & evaluation of patient care.
• Provide nursing care across all areas of health care delivery.
• Focus on discharge planning and communication skills.

Skills

Good inter-personal skills

Venepuncture and Cannulation

Education

Registered Nurse Part 1

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, and any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01497 745805 option 3.

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 shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via your email account used to apply, so please check your account regularly.

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 supports flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top-up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top-up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum. This temporary top-up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

Cas Gwent Unit - Chepstow Community Hospital

To assist with the assessment, planning, delivery & evaluation of patient care. To provide prescribed nursing care without direct supervision.

To contribute to the development/evaluation of nursing practice on the ward. To act in accordance with the NMC Professional Code of Conduct and other policies.

To provide nursing care across all areas of health care delivery within the Monmouth locality as required by the service.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has become available for a part-time Band 5 Registered Nurse to join the Nursing team on Cas Gwent Unit, Chepstow Community Hospital. We are an innovative ward providing care to patients with rehabilitation needs and at times palliative needs. We are a well-established friendly team looking for new members to help us deliver excellent patient care.

We are focused on discharge planning and have many complex discharges requiring excellent communication and discharge planning skills. We pride ourselves on giving excellent patient care, putting patients and their relatives first.

We are a 32-bed unit with both male and female patients. We work closely with the integrated service teams and have excellent working relationships with other MDT members.

We are a dynamic community ward and have taken part in various patient collaboratives, always looking for new ways to improve the care we provide. We aim to deliver high-quality care within the progressive environment of an integrated health and social care model.

We are a friendly, welcoming team supporting our staff to develop in their roles and be the best they can be.

We care for our patients 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, working 12 and 6-hour shifts. Various hours available.

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

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. We offer opportunities for everyone to start, grow, and build their career, with extensive training, development opportunities, paid mandatory training, in-house programmes, and professional career pathways.

We promote flexible working, support a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support, and have an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence.

Our Clinical Futures strategy aims to enhance and promote care closer to home, including the Grange University Hospital, which provides specialist and critical care.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Good inter-personal skills

Desirable criteria

• Able to motivate others to succeed

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Current professional issues

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Venepuncture and Cannulation

Desirable criteria

• People management skills

Experience

Essential criteria

• Current professional issues

Desirable criteria

• Experience within a speciality setting

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse Part 1

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of wider NHS issues