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Job summary

Main area
Stroke
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (combination of day and night shifts ,11.5 hours)
Job ref
110-NMR282-0625
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Town
Llantrisant
Salary
£30,420 - £37,030 per annum, pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Staff Nurse - RGH/POW Ward 5 - Stroke

Band 5

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

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

Job overview

CTM Stroke Wide Service. Current base Royal Glamorgan Hospital

We are looking for dynamic, forward thinking and committed nurses to join our dedicated teams on ward 20  where we specialise in hyper-acute and acute stroke care and rehabilitation.

The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and a passion for delivering high quality person centred care. We have fantastic opportunities for you to develop your clinical skills and knowledge in an environment which is conducive to learning.

Main duties of the job

The post is that of a Generic Staff Nurse and the post holder will be expected to undertake duties in a Ward/Department in either Acute Medical/Surgical Wards, and in Community Hospitals. The post holder will carry out a range of assigned tasks involving 
direct and indirect care for the benefit of the patient/client in accordance with agreed protocols. 
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all policies and procedures are observed, and meet Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB requirements, as well as NMC Standards and Codes of Conduct.

Working for our organisation

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

Detailed job description and main 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

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • UK NMC Registered General Nurse
  • Ability to demonstrate responsibilities under NMC Code of Conduct.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working in a ward environment.

Aptitude and Abilities Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Able to demonstrate effective verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work within a team

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiastic.
  • Good interpersonal skills.

Circumstances

Essential criteria
  • Flexibility to meet service needs.
  • Amenable to change as required.
  • Ability to travel to all UHB sites.

Other

Essential criteria
  • Subject to satisfactory DBS check.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveDisability confident leaderStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Catherine Hinkin
Job title
Senior Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 443 443
Additional information

Contact details

Catherine Hinkin - [email protected]

Royal Glamorgan Hospital 01443 443 443 78368

 

Ward Manager - Emily Rose

[email protected]

01443 443 443 74896