Registered Nurse - Acute Medical Unit

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Wales is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Acute Medical Unit at The Grange University Hospital. The role involves timely triage, patient assessments, and complex discharge planning in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate should be a Registered General Nurse with prior experience in medicine. This position offers extensive training, flexible working options, and benefits to support a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working

Paid mandatory training

Occupational health support

Wellbeing Centre of Excellence

Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification.
• Desirable criteria: Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification.
• Essential experience: Previous medicine experience.
• Desirable experience: Willing to develop role.

Responsibilities

• Timely triage of new admissions.
• Conducting patient assessments and risk assessments.
• Planning care and treatment for patients.
• Providing safe and timely treatments and interventions.
• Facilitating complex discharge planning.
• Communicating effectively with families and relatives.

Skills

Effective communication

Patient assessment

Care planning

Discharge planning

Team collaboration

Education

Registered General Nurse (RGN)

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; 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 OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [e-mail]

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.

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 note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

Registered Nurse - AMU Grange University Hospital

The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at The Grange University Hospital provides rapid, definitive assessment, investigation and treatment for patients admitted as an emergency via their GP or by ambulance who present with an acute medical complaint.

It is a busy fast paced environment that offers the opportunity to work closely with the medical team and other professions. Opportunities for learning are vast and will be fully supported.

Safe and timely triage of patients is essential, and support will be offered to develop the assessment skills required to undertake this.

We pride ourselves in having a high discharge to home rate and this is helped by our close relationship with our care at home colleagues. You will be required to facilitate the safe discharge of patients through robust discharge planning and working alongside members of the multi-disciplinary team to achieve this.

Main duties of the job

• Timely triage of new admissions
• Patient assessment, carrying out risk assessments
• Planning care and treatment
• Providing safe and timely treatment and interventions
• Complex discharge planning
• Communicating with family/relatives
• Effective transfer of patients to other wards/hospitals

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. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous medicine experience

Desirable criteria

• Willing to develop role

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RGN

Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification