Registered Nurse - Acute Medical Unit

NHS; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cwmbran is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Acute Medical Unit. You will provide essential patient assessments, timely triage, and work within a supportive multidisciplinary team. This role offers excellent training, flexible working, and a commitment to staff well-being. Candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of language capabilities, though speaking Welsh is desirable.

Benefits

Flexible working

Comprehensive training programs

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• RGN qualification is required.
• Ability to meet essential and desirable criteria.
• Willingness to develop role.

Responsibilities

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

Job description

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
• 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.

About us

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.

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

Skills

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

Experience

• Willing to develop role

Qualifications

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

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.