Senior Staff Nurse - Bonney Ward

Job summary

An exciting Secondment opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Junior Sister/Senior Staff Nurse on Bonney Ward. The Secondment is from 17/09/2023 until 17/03/2024.

Bonney ward is a 27 bedded ward consisting of acute medical patients. The ward specialises in diabetes, endocrinology, haematology, oncology, Specialist Palliative Care and dermatology. We deal with admissions, transfers, acutely unwell patients, discharges and anything else that should arise during a patients stay. We serve a wide variety of patients with various medical conditions. We also deliver inpatient chemotherapy if this is required during their stay. Patients can arrive to the ward, or can become during their stay, acutely unwell therefore observational skills and expert knowledge are a key skill to working on this ward.

We also, should the need arise, deliver an out of hours triage service for chemotherapy patients linked with Shooting Star. This may sometimes involve speaking to our colleagues in Glan Clwyd.

We work closely with many specialist nurses these include:

Diabetes Specialist nurseHaematology Specialist nurseAcute Oncology TeamHome First teamShooting Star teamPalliative Care team

Main duties of the job

Takes responsibility for a ward or equivalent sphere of nursing, in the absence of the person who has continuing (24 hour) responsibility at Band 7.

Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluating programmes of care. Responsible for managing a group of staff in the absence of the Ward Sister.

You will be supported bythe Ward Manager,Practice Development Nurse and Matronto undertake professional and personal developmentopportunities, andbe supported to undertake postgraduate academiccourses.

The ward offers different learning opportunities as well as a chance to develop managementand leadership skills.

The post holders will be expected to deliver care of the highest standard and work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. As a Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse you will ensure that you carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high qualities, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.

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

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.