Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Acute Stroke/ Rehabilitation and Frailty

Ystwyth ward, Bronglais Hospital is an 18 bedded Acute Stroke/ Rehabilitation and Frailty ward which is recruiting a motivated and driven Band 7 Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse to lead and manage their team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably experienced Registered Nurse who is highly motivated and enthusiastic, with a keen interest in caring for patients with Acute Stroke needs.

Applicants should display effective leadership and management skills in order to lead the team to deliver high quality patient focused care.

The stroke unit is friendly and supportive and has a commitment to providing a high quality of nursing care.

The post holder should work effectively within a team environment, have good communication skills, initiative, demonstrate enthusiasm about the role and share our passion and vision for providing high quality patient care.

The post holder should be able to work autonomously and plan own work schedule plans, in view of daily and weekly management responsibilities along with leadership and supervisory aspects of the role.

Demonstrate the Health Board's value, respect, fairness, integrity, honesty, openness and caring, kindness and compassion in everything that you do in the work environment and ensure that others demonstrate the same values.

Exercise 24-hour accountability for the management of the ward, and delivery of compassionate, high quality, effective, patient centred nursing care; and providing fair, honest and measurable people management.

Provide visible, professional nursing leadership, support, supervision and guidance (in the line with NMC standards) expert clinical advice and undertake management and monitoring activities in line with legal  professional requirements, statutory rules and Health Board policies relating to evidence based practice.

Be responsible for the efficient management of the ward budget, effectively deploying the nursing team and utilising the allocated resources and raising any financial expenditure concerns to appropriate personnel in a timely manner.

Work and communicate effectively as a member of the senior clinical and nursing leadership team for the directorate, including deputising for the SNM where required at patient flow, Health Board and site based meetings

Create and promote a learning culture within the clinical area to support the professional growth and development of all nursing staff, students and (as appropriate) members of the multi-disciplinary team.

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

Interviews to be held on  : 25/10/24

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.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

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