Job summary
- Main area
- Theatre Recovery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Flexible shift pattern which include weekends, Bank holidays and on-call service
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working inclusive of weekends, Bank holidays and on-calls)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR253-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Theatre, Prince Charles Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Recovery Nurse/ODP, Theatre
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 a Band 5 Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join a team of experienced nurses within the Scheduled Care Division. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Recovery team at Prince Charles Hospital.
You must be committed to delivering a high standard of patient care, have a flexible attitude to work and be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
The candidate will be expected to provide guidance to Health Care Support Workers, Student Nurses and ODP students, as well as liaising with the Theatre Multidisciplinary team.
The successful applicant will be required to cover the department during weekends and also take part in the on-call commitment, specified in the job description.
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 existing skills within the theatre recovery setting.
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.
You will have access to further study and opportunities to expand your role in line with service development.
Informal visits are welcome.
Main duties of the job
The recovery unit is part of our theatre department which comprises of 5 main and 2 Day Surgery operating rooms.
As part of our service, we provide an on-call rota by night and are often involved in the immediate post operative care of HDU patients.
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 15,000 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
Essential criteria
- Evidence of registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of recent study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience within a recovery department
Desirable criteria
- Experience within an acute surgical setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Josephine McCartney
- Job title
- Recovery Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 728345
- Additional information
Jemma Reynolds
Deputy Team Leader
01685 728345
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