Job overview

Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr is the Local General Hospital situated in the Caerphilly borough.  It offers a range of inpatient and outpatient services.  The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr provides rapid, definitive assessment, investigation and treatment for patients admitted as an emergency via their GP or by ambulance who present with an acute medical complaint.

It is a busy fast paced environment that offers the opportunity to work closely with the medical team and other professions.  Opportunities for learning are vast and will be fully supported. 

Safe and timely triage of patients is essential, and support will be offered to develop the assessment skills required to undertake this.

We pride ourselves in having a high discharge to home rate and this is helped by our close relationship with our care at home colleagues.  You will be required to facilitate the safe discharge of patients through robust discharge planning and working alongside members of the multi-disciplinary team to achieve this.

Main duties of the job

• Timely triage of new admissions 
• Patient assessment, carrying out risk assessments
• Planning care and treatment 
• Providing safe and timely treatment and interventions
• Complex discharge planning
• Communicating with family/relatives
• Effective transfer of patients to other wards/hospitals 

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.