Staff Nurse - Gilwern

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse to join our Trauma and Orthopaedic ward.

Gilwern Trauma is a fast paced 16 bedded Trauma and orthopaedics ward. we provide the highest achievable standards of care.

The ward provides you with an opportunity top work along side out multidisciplinary team.

You will work effectively and without direct supervision with our friendly team.

We offer a supportive and exciting work environment and are committed to the development of our staff here at Wye Valley NHS Trust.

You will support individuals and teams to deliver safe, high quality and effective patient care that is responsive to the needs of our patients and their families. Along the way, you'll build strong relationships with consultants, hospital senior leaders, a wide range of healthcare professionals and, of course, patients.

Candidates MUST have a PIN with the NMC or awaiting registration.

Main duties of the job

To facilitate multidisciplinary patient centred care in the role of named nurse/team leader.

Toassess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care. On a regular basis, accept theresponsibility for the management/leadership of the ward/department in the absence of thesenior nurse.

To participate in the supervision and teaching of staff and students.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.