Hywel Dda University Health Board, Women and Children Directorate has exciting opportunities for motivated, enthusiastic and ambitious Nurses to join our Acute Paediatric Nursing Service, based at Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth.
The clinical areas provide local services for the children, including six inpatient children's beds, one high dependency bed and a four bedded Paediatric Ambulatory care unit, as well as Oncology Care, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. The work is varied and offers opportunities to develop a broad range of specialised skills working within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency partnerships. We provide an excellent service to meet the needs of children and families incorporating Family Centred Care.
Main duties of the job
Applicants need to be a Registered Nurse with experience post registration and the ability to be nurse in charge. The successful candidates will be required to work day and night rotation.
A caring attitude is essential with good written and oral skills. You must be able to manage your time effectively.
Full time and part time hours will be considered.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
* Current NMC Registration
* Degree in Nursing
* Evidence of post registration study and training, eg POVA
* Evidence of post registration study and training, e.g. Child Protection
* Evidence of post registration study and training, e.g Intermediate Paediatric Life Support.
Experience
* Evidence of extensive paediatric experience in a clinical setting.
* Experience of providing holistic nursing care
* Clear understanding of clinical governance framework
* Implement evidence based practice
* Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£28,834 to £35,099 a year (pro rata if part-time)
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