Registered Nurse - Trauma and Orthopaedic

Registered Nurse - Trauma and Orthopaedic

The closing date is 03 March 2026

An exiting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse to join our trauma and orthopaedic surgical wards in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

The ward specialises in both trauma and elective orthopaedic patients as well as receiving patients from the major trauma centre.

The successful candidate will be required to have an interest in the management and care of surgical trauma and elective orthopaedic patients with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Staff will be required to be well organised and have time good time management skills and the ability to work as part of a team or on their own initiative with high standards.

There will be opportunities for internal development as the University Health Board has a dedicated training and development department offering a wide range of in house courses. We also have close links with the University South Wales to support your ongoing professional development which you will be required to demonstrate as part of revalidation.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short‑listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.

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.

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.

The Health Board currently operate a number of different shift systems. The most common are a 12.5 hour shift, inclusive of either one 30 minute or two 30‑minute unpaid breaks. These shift patterns are subject to review and the Health Board reserves the right to change working arrangements. CTM is a Health Board committed to meaningful consultation with staff and to making balanced decisions that consider all aspects of our service and workforce.

• Ability to demonstrate responsibilities under NMC Code of Conduct
• Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above

• Previous experience of working in a ward environment
• Taken charge of ward/department

• Active UK NMC Registration

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

£31,516 to £38,364 a yearper annum pro rata