Registered Nurse - Medical Same Day Emergency Care

at  Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development,
implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without direction and supervision.
Demonstrate and supervise practice and procedures to registered and unregistered nursing staff to secure effective nursing practice.
To take a key role in the induction and mentorship of new and unregistered staff, and provide supervision.
The Emergency and Acute Medicine Directorate (EAMD) is looking to recruit nurses who are enthusiastic, innovative and proactive to support the exciting development of our Medical Same Day Emergency Care (MSDEC), in line with the national drive towards a Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) model.
MSDEC is an acute assessment and diagnostic area for ambulatory patients that is supported with Acute Physicians and Physicians Associates and Advanced Clinical Practitioners. It is also supported by an acute medicine Virtual Ward function, where patients can remain at home whilst receiving their acute episode of care. The MSDEC is a 7-day service, operating between the hours of 0900-2130.
We are looking for Registered Nurses with a confident approach to managing patients referred via Primary Care or the Emergency Unit (EU). Patients are triaged and assessed with urgent investigations and treatment being delivered as part of the SDEC approach or via the Virtual Ward.
EAMD sees in excess of 145,000 patients annually, with MSDEC seeing up to 2,500 of those attendances and up to 300 patients per month managed via the Virtual Ward. The unit works closely with the Assessment Unit which has 33 trolleys and sits behind the EU footprint. There are established working links with the EU, and you would be required to work closely with the nursing team to ensure the safe and smooth transition of patients through the EU into MSDEC.
As a registered nurse working within the wider EAMD you would be actively encouraged and supported to develop extended role skills such as venepuncture and cannulation, using patient group directives for medications as needed as well as completing the newly developed EAMD training programme. We are looking for dedicated ambitious nurses who want to work in a fast-paced acute medicine environment.
We have an active Transformation Programme within the EAMD which is facilitating new and effective ways to deliver high quality care to our patients.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
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