Skills

Communication Leadership Monitoring Training Recruitment

Job Specifications

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 abb.vacancyrequests@wales.nhs.uk

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 support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 6 MONTHS TO SUPPORT THE WORK MANAGER IN HER ROLE, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST

Redwood Suite is a 12-bedded Ward based at the Rhymney Integrated Health and Social care Centre under the division of primary care and community. We work with patients requiring rehabilitation, and complex discharging for Caerphilly residents. On admission to our unit, we work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary and local authority colleagues to assist patients in setting their own goals and supporting them to achieve these prior to discharge.

This post offers an innovative and exciting Band 6 role as part of a developmental programme which aims to support our integrated practitioners of the future in line with the clinical futures programme.

Are you a highly motivated RGN making positive changes happen daily with post registration experience? Do you have aspirations to be a ward leader/manager? Do you welcome the opportunity to develop your leadership and management knowledge and skills?

We require somebody who is dynamic innovative, and a highly motivated role model with strong leadership attributes and commitment, with good communication skills to support the team.

If you are committed to excellent patient care and empowering patients to achieve their goals, then please apply.

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

Main duties of the job

The post holder is the deputy ward manager. Your aim is to ensure that with the ward manager that the standard of evidence based care delivered to patients is of the highest quality.

Leading the nursing team in the absence of the ward manager and being a role model, ensuring the environment is maintained to a high standard. Expected to deliver, hands on clinical care to patients, and to assist the ward manager in the implementation, and delivery of the clinical and non-clinical governance agenda within the care environment.

The post holder has responsibility for the day to day management of the clinical area in the absence of the ward manager. Including, managing resources and allocating staff and also support the ward with the flow.

The post holder is expected to assist with the monitoring of standards of nursing care, patient experience and patient safety and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them.

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 devel

About the Company

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board was established on the 1st October 2009 and covers the areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and South Powys. The Health Board employs over 14,000 staff, two thirds of whom are involved in direct patient care. There are more than 250 consultants in a total of over 1000 hospital and general practice doctors, 6,000 nurses, midwives, allied professionals and community workers. To view current vacancies, please visit Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Job... Know more