Outpatients Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic , motivated Health Care Support Worker to join our busy outpatients team at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Snowdrop Breast Centre, Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda and Dewi Sant Hospital. The successful post holder will be required and able to work across both sites.

The post holder is required to carry out a range of assigned tasks involving direct and indirect care for the benefit of the patient, and will be supported and supervised by a Registered Nurse.

Main duties of the job

The post will involve caring for patients within a wide range of Specialities including ophthalmology, dermatology, surgery and medicine.

Applicants must be able to work as part of a team and have good communications skills.

The main role is to support trained nurses and medical staff in delivery of high standards of care and to assist and support patients through a varied range of investigations and treatments.

It is desirable but not essential to have outpatients experience.

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

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 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.