Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

Ward 6 is an acute surgical ward with specialities such as colorectal and UGI. With these specialities we have a close relationship with ITU, endoscopy, ED and theatres. These formed relationships have improved patient care and a patient's surgical journey during their admission on ward 6. Alongside gaining new found surgical experience, you will have an incredible opportunity to work within the surgical assessment unit and SSDEC, this is offered as a rotation on ward 6 to enhance distinctive assessment skills and experience.

As well as the general surgical ward, the surgical admissions unit and surgical SDEC is also run on ward 6. This takes referrals from ED or GP for a surgical assessment and a plan of care. This facility has decreased the wait time for patients, which is vital for the patients physical and well-being.

Our ideal candidate would be someone who will dedicate their time to patient care and their team, have the thirst for improvement and the drive to succeed. Surgical experience is desirable but not as essential due to the extensive support and guidance from the surgical nursing team.

Main duties of the job

The range of assigned tasks will be carried out with the highest standard to support and enable qualified staff to provide patient care, which reflects the quality of standards and mission of the University Health Board. These will include providing basic nursing care to patients under the supervision of qualified staff.

Main duties will include:

• providing nursing care to patients and assisting with their activities of daily living.
• undertake baseline observations and report any abnormalities to the qualified staff member.
• communicate effectively with patients, relatives and staff.
• report any untoward changes in patients conditions.
• maintain stock levels.
• uphold strict infection control policies and procedures.
• maintain accurate and up to date written communications.
• maintain training and educational needs

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 and selecting 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 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.

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.