Senior Nurse for Patient Flow

Senior Nurse for Patient Flow

The closing date is 23 March 2026.

An exciting opportunity for a permanent position as a nurse leader with experience in patient flow, to support delivery of safe, effective and timely care across the Princess of Wales hospital site and as part of the wider Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board team.

This role requires a strong role model for professional leadership with an open-minded, can do attitude to improving patient flow through a whole system approach. A highly effective communicator and team player will support the wider team to promote a safe and positive patient experience.

A highly motivated and confident nature will support the culture that fosters empowerment, collaborative learning and continuous professional development. The post holder will actively support the organisation's ability to respond to change and continuously improve.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Nurse for Patient Flow will be responsible for the safe and effective use of staff resources on a day-to-day basis in accordance with need and appropriate skill level within the designated teams, ensuring timely, safe and effective transfer of care/discharge.

Ensure positive patient experience, reduction in harm, waste and variation. This includes leading digital transformation and supporting the nursing workforce to confidently work with innovative technologies.

They will support a culture that fosters empowerment, collaborative learning and continuous professional development.

The Senior Nurse will actively support the organisation's ability to respond to change and continuously improve by fostering a transformative approach to leadership style and management.

Essentially, the Senior Nurse will support the delivery of safe and effective patient flow within available resources.

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. About us

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 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job 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.

• Safe and effective use of staff resources on a day-to-day basis in accordance with need and appropriate skill level within the designated teams.
• Timely, safe and effective transfer of care/discharge.
• Ensuring positive patient experience, reduction in harm, waste and variation. This includes leading digital transformation and support nursing workforce to confidently work with innovative technologies.
• A culture that fosters empowerment, collaborative learning and continuous professional development.
• Actively supports the organisation's ability to respond to change and continuously improve by fostering a transformative approach to leadership style and management.
• Delivery of safe and effective patient flow within available resources.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Master's Degree or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience to its equivalency
• Extensive experience of patient flow and discharge pathways

Experience

• Ward/team management experience. Experience of working within discharge Multidiscpilinary team setting.
• Demonstration of ability to manage complex situations
• Substantial post registration experience including clinical leadership, team management
• Previous experience of working within the health and social services systems.

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - verbal and written.
• Managing people and resources effectively
• Ability to build effective relationships with health professionals within the UHB and with external organisations
• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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