Health Care Support Worker Job in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Health Care Support Worker

Llantrisant, WLS, GB, United Kingdom

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

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Job Description

It is an exciting time to join the Emergency Department at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital! We are pleased to announce an uplift in our staffing with the ability to expand our team significantly. We are looking for Band 2 HCSW to join our growing team.

The Emergency Department at the RGH is a busy department within a large district general hospital. The unit consists of a minor injuries unit, majors, ambulatory area and an adult and Paediatric resuscitation area.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for both full and part time Healthcare Support Worker posts to work as part of the clinical team within the Emergency Department (ED). The successful candidates will work under the direct supervision of the registered nurse and will be expected to undertake fundamental aspects of patient care including undertaking patient's vital signs and supporting nutritional needs.

The individual will be required to have good communication skills to be able to relate to patients, members of patients families and the multidisciplinary team that work within the clinical area.

Informal visits are encouraged.

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 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 the 'Croeso Candidate' booklet below.

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.

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