Health Care Support Worker (Cardiology)

Job summary

This post if Fixed Term for 12 months to cover maternity leave.

This post involves working with Cardiology/Medical on Ward 2. Providing support to the Registered nurse throughout the patients admission and maintaining a safely stocked environment amongst many other roles.

Working within Cardiology provides an excellent opportunity to become a valued member of the Team. We work closely with Ward 1- CCU and you may be expected to cover other wards. We are committed to excellent care delivery and encourage wellbeing along with development in our department.

Record keeping of all patients, recording patient care via WNCR and completing various patient documents . Stock checking and progressively stock ordering, accompanying patients to and from Departments.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced HCSW to join a team of experienced nurses working on one of our busy ward. The post involves caring for Acute admissions from many sources and supporting the day to day running of the area.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills, under the supervision of qualified nurses, caring for patients who are Acute Cardiology and are awaiting transfer to our Tertiary centre.

Experience within the specialty of Medicine is desirable , HCSW experience is also desirable but not essential. The post is rotational between day and night shifts.

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 tea

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.