Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Support Worker to join the Palliative Care. The post holder will work within the Palliative Care team, which provides a comprehensive multi-disciplinary assessment service for adults presenting with palliative care needs whilst in hospital. The successful candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that a high standard of care is maintained across the unit.

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.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a caring professional with a wide range of skills, and a commitment to excellence in practice.

We will provide a friendly and welcoming environment within a supportive management structure.

This is a fixed term /secondment post for 12 months to cover the needs of the service

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

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.