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Job summary

Main area
Acute Cardiac Unit (ACU)
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
040-NMR288-0725
Employer
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Grange University Hospital
Town
Cwmbran
Salary
£31,516 - £38,364 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board logo

Registered Nurse

Band 5

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 [email protected]

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.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable. 

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

 

Job overview

Acute Cardiology Unit (ACU)   - Registered Nurse - B2 

We need enthusiastic, experienced and passionate nurses to join our fantastic workforce.

The Acute Cardiac Unit is recruiting Registered Nurses who are motivated, enthusiastic, and reliable with a passion for providing high quality patient care. We care for our patients 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and can consider a number of working patterns to support work life balance of our staff. A degree of flexibility would be required to meet the needs of the service.

ACU is a specialised 17 bedded unit caring for patients with a range of acute and chronic cardiac conditions.

 

Main duties of the job

Are you passionate about providing excellent patient care as part of a dedicated team? Are you motivated to be part of a team that continually is looking to improve service? Do you want to work in an area where you can develop professionally and gain exposure to a broad demographic of patients?

If you answered Yes to the above questions then this is the post for you.

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

Working for our organisation

The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is responsible for the delivery of health services to more than 600,000 people in South East Wales. The Health Board has ambition and a clear plan to modernise its service delivery and the care provided to its patients with a robust commitment to the development of its Registered nurses.

The Grange University Hospital (GUH) opened in November 2020. It has a 24-hour Emergency Department and Assessment Units dealing with emergencies and resuscitation cases and has a broad range of diagnostic services, operating theatres, critical care, coronary care and a consultant-led obstetric unit. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Medical Assessment Unit within the  GUH.  The Clinical Futures model is extending Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s successful implementation of its Care Closer to Home initiatives, strengthening and promoting its services in the community as well as centralising care of the most critically ill patients in the Grange University Hospital.

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

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous medicine experience
Desirable criteria
  • Willing to develop role

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RGN
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gail Prosser
Job title
Unit Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01633 493682
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