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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
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