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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week - 12 hour shift pattern and other flexible working options)
Job ref
040-NMR270-0424
Employer
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Talygarn Ward, County Hospital
Town
Pontypool
Salary
£28,834 - £35,099 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Registered Mental Health Nurse Talygarn

Band 5

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.

 

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English

 

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.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck!

You will join our team on Talygarn ward which is a 20 bedded, mixed sex, mental health ward based within County Hospital in Pontypool.  We welcome applications from student nurses due to qualify outside of Wales, as well experienced nurses who wish to work either full or part-time.  We adopt a flexible/blended approach to rostering, including 12 hour shifts, to ensure that you are able to manage your work/life balance, so tell us what you can work and we will try to accommodate your needs. 

We will ensure that you have access to both managerial and clinical supervision, and actively support individual well-being. There are also career development opportunities, a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

Main duties of the job

As a qualified Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you will ensure people with mental health conditions receive high-quality care, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine.

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

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020.  Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

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
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Desirable criteria
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Experience

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Desirable criteria
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Knowledge and Skills

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Credit Unions WalesApprenticeships logoAge positiveImproving working livesStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardStonewall Hyrwyddwr Amrywiaeth Diversity ChampionMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrCore principles

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
Lauren Davies
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01495 765700
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