Registered Nurse - Post Operative Care Unit (POCU)

Job summary

The Surgical High Care is a high care surgical unit which is looking for Registered Nurses who wish to expand their experience in surgical nursing in a high care setting, to improve their clinical decision making and develop their management skills. The focus of the ward is to provide a quality service to patients on the elective surgical pathway and provide excellent clinical care

If you are dedicated to improving the patient experience and committed to providing a professional positive working environment for staff then this specialised clinical area will give you great job satisfaction, whilst also challenging and develop your skills. If you have great communication skills, high standards of care and are passionate about nursing, then this is the opportunity for you.

There is opportunity to progress to Clinical Band 6 following in house training and competency achievement.

Main duties of the job

The Surgical High Care Unit is an Enhanced Care Surgical Unit looking after patients on the Elective Surgical Pathway, from any surgical speciality. Admissions to SHC are patients who have either had complex or lengthy surgery or because of patients' complicated personal medical history means the patient requires close post operative monitoring. We are also able to provide specialist skills such as arterial blood gas monitoring, provide vaso-active drugs, high flow oxygen therapy and further adjuncts, SHC is a newly set up flagship unit independent of Critical Care. Patients are cared for by their parent surgical team, with the guidance of the anaesthetic team. Patients are closely monitored in SHC for up to 48 hours before returning to their base admission ward once deemed stable to do so.

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

About us

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 speciality 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 which opened 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.