Job summary
This post is fixed term for 12 months to cover the needs of the service.
We have an opportunity for a motivated individual to join our busy team as part of the Theatres service in the Prices of Wales Hospital supporting with the care of patients during their peri-operative journey.
The successful candidate will provide support to registered staff, patients, and colleagues during their peri-operative journey.
As well as direct patient care, you will be involved with preparing and checking equipment, carrying out safety checks, ensuring clinical areas and equipment are cleaned and restocked, and helping to collect and return patients to the ward areas.
You should be a diligent, compassionate individual who is a team player and have good communication and organisation skills.
Main duties of the job
- Communicate with a range of patients with differing needs, including overcoming any barriers to understanding such as deafness / language difficulties.
- Provide support to patients referring any essential information/ questions/concerns to registered professionals.
- Communicate with other health professionals to perform delegated duties to ensure a safe service.
- Participate in Patient Safety steps for example briefs, time out, debriefs.
- Pass information to other healthcare staff to ensure patient safety and continuity of care.
- Undertake induction and competency-based programmes to perform delegated supervised duties.
- Complete statutory and mandatory training.
- Follow policies/procedures/ guidelines/protocols/of work.
- Only working within delegated duties under supervision of registered staff / following schedules of work.
- Alerting registered staff to any missing or incomplete documentation/ relevant patient safety information when performing patient checks.
- Identifying whether items are sterile /disinfected and reporting compliance to standards.
- Performing in conjunction with registered staff swab, needle, instrument and item counts alerting registered staff of any inconsistencies.
- Report to registered staff deviations or trends from baseline basic physiological monitoring of patients.
- Reporting faulty equipment and any alert hazard alarms on equipment.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt 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 isnt 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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt 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 isnt 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.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Knowledge
Essential
- Vocational qualification Level 2 or above
- IT literate
Desirable
- Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
Experience
Essential
- Worked in health or social care sector or experience of delivering care
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in the NHS Theatre/wards/critical care
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Awareness of health and safety
- Ability to follow policies and procedures
- Awareness of limitations of practice
- Working within a team
Desirable
- Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above
Values
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS Wales values
- Integrating improvement into everyday working
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to the service
- Ability to work shifts/nights/out of hours cover
- Physically fit to undertake the demand of the role
- Able to travel to other hospitals if required
Person Specification
Qualifications/Knowledge
Essential
- Vocational qualification Level 2 or above
- IT literate
Desirable
- Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
Experience
Essential
- Worked in health or social care sector or experience of delivering care
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in the NHS Theatre/wards/critical care
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Awareness of health and safety
- Ability to follow policies and procedures
- Awareness of limitations of practice
- Working within a team
Desirable
- Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above
Values
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS Wales values
- Integrating improvement into everyday working
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to the service
- Ability to work shifts/nights/out of hours cover
- Physically fit to undertake the demand of the role
- Able to travel to other hospitals if required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
