Radiology 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

This position is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis for a period of 9 months, and will be based at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST.

The post holder will be required to provide a pivotal role in the patient pathway within Radiology supporting clerical and clinical duties as required. This post is structured around 3 core functions to include:

• To assist trained and medical staff to provide safe care for patients within Radiology.
• To support registered staff in the numerous disciplines within Radiology using knowledge and skills developed in the role.
• To contribute to service improvements and communication ensuring safe and timely patient care.

Main duties of the job

CTMUHB Radiology services are provided on three main sites- Princess of Wales, Royal Glamorgan and Prince Charles Hospital.

The departments have multi slice CT, MRI, Cardiac Catheter Lab and Gamma Camera. Busy A&E Units are supported by modular PACS.

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

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare

Experience

• Previous experience in Hospital/care setting

Skills

• Good communication
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Standard keyboard skills

Circumstances

• Flexibility to meet service needs

Personal Qualities

• Team worker and able to work autonomously
• Motivated, non-judgemental attitude

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.