Job overview

This is a fixed term position/secondment for 12 months to cover a secondment .

Ward 10 is in the process of developing a 6 bed Respiratory Support Unit (RSU) within the Ward 10 template.

An RSU is an area of enhanced care that enable a higher level of monitoring and respiratory intervention than would be expected for a routine ward environment.

Patients suitable for management in an RSU are those individuals who need more monitoring and/or intervention than can be typically provided in a ward, but do not require critical care.

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.  

Main duties of the job

This is a fixed term position/secondment for 12 months to cover a secondment .

We care for a variety of patients with both acute and long term conditions including patients stepping down from ITU/HDU. 

We are a 29 bed ward incorporating seven monitored beds which provide the facility to offer non-invasive ventilation (NIV), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and specialist high flow oxygen in the ward setting. We have strong links with both the hospital respiratory nurse specialists and community staff to ensure best treatment and continuity.

We require enthusiastic motivated individuals who have the ability and passion to work within our friendly ward team. Acute Respiratory Medicine is continuously expanding its service and we require staff nurses who have the ambition to help drive these changes and help expand the service we offer. Commitment to undertake ongoing training and development is essential. We offer both ward based training and customised respiratory study days developed by our ward team and specialist nurses.

You should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change. We are able to offer both full and part-time posts within our team.

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.