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Trauma and Orthopaedics
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
110-NMR035-0124-C
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Prince Charles Hospital
Town
Merthyr Tydfil
Salary
£44,398 - £50,807 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Clinical Lead Trauma and Orthopaedics

Band 7

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

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

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed Team Leader to undertake the role of Trauma and Orthopaedic clinical lead within scrub. This is a pivotal role in our Senior Management structure to drive forward innovative service change in partnership with other team leaders and the senior nurse.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is expected to be an excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills and a wide knowledge of Trauma and the elective services. You will work in collaboration with a fellow team leader and dynamic team.  This is an excellent opportunity for a talented individual with inspirational leadership skills and an appetite for developing staff, service redesign and delivery of safe and excellent care. The post holder will work with the senior management team, providing  senior advice, support and strategic leadership, along with professional challenges.

You will have had demonstrable success in a management and a clinical role and established your credibility with multiple stakeholders. Most of all, you will be able to motivate and engage others to ensure that the services we provide supports the UHB values, as well as having a pioneering approach that is not afraid to challenge convention and traditional ways of working.

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

 

Working for our organisation

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.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse/Registered Operating Department Practitioner
  • Master's Degree in relevant subjuct or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience working at band 6 or above
  • Experience of managing a team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Will Windsor
Job title
Theatre Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01685 728425
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