Healthcare Support Worker

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.

Job overview

Working as a HCSW on the endocrine ward you will be assisting patients with all activities of daily living including washing, dressing, feeding, toileting and pressure area care. You will be working under the direction of a registered nurse and the wider Multi Disciplinary Team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to implement packages of care devised by registered Nurses/Therapists involving direct and non-direct care for the benefit of the patient on an individual or group setting. Duties include:

• Provide basic nursing care to patients
• Undertake routine clinical tasks, for example - dressings, catheter care, removal of cannula's
• Take, record and report basic physiological investigations
• Support patients and relatives through stressful situations including

• Be familiar with the online Welsh Clinical nursing documentation, including repositioning records.

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

The post holder will be required to implement packages of care devised by qualified Nurses/Therapists involving direct and non-direct care for the benefit of the patient on an individual or group setting.

Provide basic nursing care to patients

Undertake routine clinical tasks-dressings, catheter care, removal of cannulae for example

Take, record and report basic physiological investigations

Support patients and relatives through stressful situations including care of the terminally ill patient, emergency, resuscitation, dealing with consequences of illness.

Person specification

Education

• Good level of general education

• GCSEs or similar qualifications
• Possess or working towards NVQ Level II Award.

Experience

• Experience of working as part of a team.

• Previous experience in working in a caring setting

Skills

• Good communication skills – verbal and written.
• Ability to keep calm in stressful situations.

• Ability to speak Welsh

Knowledge

• Have an understanding of the requirements of the role

• Previous hospital experience.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work well as part of a team.
• Have a caring, kind and sympathetic attitude.
• Ability to prioritise competing demands on time.

Circumstances e.g. Mobility/Availability-special attendance requirements

• Flexibility to meet service needs.
• Amenable to change as required.

Physical Requirements and attributes

• Ability to assist with the safe handling of patients

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.