Registered Nurse Critical Care - POW ITU/HDU

Job summary

The Princess of Wales Hospital Critical Care Unit (ITU/HDU) is looking for motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurses who are able to demonstrate evidence based practice.

Would you like to work as part of a friendly and dedicated team? Thenthis fantastic opportunity has arisen for experienced nurses who are patient focused and who wish to develop and enhance their skills within a clinical environment that is conducive to learning.

With a wide range of in-house training programmes as well as opportunities to further academic studies at local universities the Critical Care Unit (ITU and HDU) will help you provide a high standard of research based care. Included within this as part of the role you will be expected to complete the Post Graduate Certificate in Critical Care. The Steps Framework for Adult Critical Care Nurses are used to support your learning and development.

The post holder will be a registered nurse with ideally experience in a critical care setting. All posts will involve shift working with internal rotation from days to nights over a 12 hour shift pattern with weekend and bank holiday working as required. The posts will be based at the Princess of Wales Hospital.

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

Main duties of the job

Prepare and assist surgical equipment for complex invasive procedures such as insertion of Arterial, Central Venous Pressure lines and Percutaneous Tracheostomy.

To be able to participate in the administration of intravenous drugs after six months experience within critical care once completed and passed the Health Boards Intravenous study day or can provide evidence of Intravenous competence.

Responsible for the taking of blood samples from an arterial line and interpreting the result and informing the appropriate medical and nursing personnel.

Deal with difficult, confused and disorientated patients.

Duty of care to advise and assist junior medical staff.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.