Job summary
- Main area
- Ear, nose, and throat
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 110-NMR112-0325-A
- 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
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Registered Nurse - Ward 7
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced Registered Band 5 Nurses to join the team within our newly reconfigured high care ward. Caring for patients within PACU, a High Care Head and Neck Bay and nine step down beds within the ward. This will allow an enhanced level of care for patients that require complex head and neck surgery, including patients with complex tracheostomies and laryngectomies.
Cohorting these patients to predominantly one High Care area, that is co-located with the Critical Care Unit will improve patient care and outcomes, providing a consistent team of suitably skilled professionals to ensure continuity of care in a suitable environment.
You will be joining a team of dedicated nursing staff who will provide you with all the support you will need to flourish and further develop your knowledge and skills. A Training Programme will be provided for successful candidates
We have a structured team base ethos where we regularly meet and we also hold specific development days which will be underpinned with regular personal appraisals and a development plan.We welcome all applications including part time. All posts are rotational between day and night shifts.
Main duties of the job
We are a welcoming team of nurses and doctors who work well as a team. We also have a close link with the multi-disciplinary team involved in caring for our patients. We will ensure that you are supported in the care of head and neck patients and offer an excellent opportunity to learn new skills with our support and guidance.
Staff will be required to be well organised and have time good time management skills and the ability to work as part of a team or on their own initiative with high standards.
There will be opportunities for internal development as the University Health Board has a dedicated training and development department offering a wide range of in house courses. We also have close links with the University of Glamorgan to support your ongoing professional development which you will be required to demonstrate as part of revalidation.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh applicants are equally welcome to apply.
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
Registration
Essential criteria
- Live UK NMC registration
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in a ward environment
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lynsey Roberts
- Job title
- Ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443507
- Additional information
Lynsey Roberts
Ward Manager
01443 443443 ext 3507
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