Ward Manager AMU Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly-motivated individual with proven clinical and managerial experience to motivate, inspire and lead the nursing team in our Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit in Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr (YYF).

The SDEC is a new area, recently opened and the AMU has recently undergone reconfiguration in order to provide to our population with options to admission and treatment closer to home.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for the line management and supervision of all registered nurses, healthcare support workers and Nurse practitioners within their team. They must be a good and effective communicator, who can demonstrate problem solving skills with the ability to work under pressure, managing staff and delivering patient focused care.

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge and skills in caring for patient in an assessment setting, with a range of medical conditions whilst enduring mental illness, ensuring that both their mental and physical health needs are met. They must be able to ensure that the nursing and healthcare staff on the unit are providing care to the expected standards while ensuring an understanding and knowledge of all the relevant polices and regulations within this role.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Nurse for Medicine, to ensure and demonstrate the delivery of a high standard of care in a safe, compassionate, responsive, effective and well led environment.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac