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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
110-NMR293-0725
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Town
Llantrisant
Salary
£30,420 - £37,030 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Staff Nurse - Admissions Unit

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 an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) on the Admissions Unit in Royal Glamorgan Hospital.  The Admissions Unit is a 14 bedded  Acute Psychiatric admission ward Mental Health assessment for all adults within RCT & Bridgend.

Candidates should have experience within the field of adult mental health.

To undertake the role of named nurse providing assessment, implementation of care and treatment and evaluation. 

Ensure the care given is patient centred, multidisciplinary, collaborative and evidence based. 

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) on the Admissions Unit in Royal Glamorgan Hospital.  The Admissions Unit is a 14 bedded  Acute Psychiatric admission ward Mental Health assessment for all adults within RCT & Bridgend.

Candidates should have experience within the field of adult mental health.

Please read the job description for a comprehensive guide to what the job entails, and the personal specification to see what requirements/ skills are required to fulfil the post.

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 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. For more information, see the ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below.

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

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical knowledge of specialist area
Desirable criteria
  • Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Experience of inpatient nursing

Registration

Essential criteria
  • Full UK NMC Registration as a RMN

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
Ellie Jones
Job title
Ward Manager / Rheolwr y Ward
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 443 443
Additional information

For more information on this post, please contact Ward Manager Ellie Jones on 01443 443443 ext 74729

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