Health Care Support Worker Respiratory

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a highly motivated Health Care Support worker to join a well-established home oxygen and Non Invasive Ventilation ( NIV) service. This role will be working within the Swansea Team.

The post will be based at Singleton Hospital, but you may be required to work at other sites across the Health Board. Patients will be seen in the Out Patients Department, and also at home across Swansea Bay.

You will assist with review of patients and undertake capillary blood gas measurements, following training and home risk assessments.

You will be working alongside the MDT from primary and secondary care to assist with holistic assessment of patients and agree a plan of treatment and care with the patient at the heart of the decision making process .

The role also requires you to support patients with palliative needs, supporting patients and their families and liaising closely with community palliative care services to ensure continuity of care.

You must be organised, confident, have experience of working as a Health Care Support Worker and have excellent communication skills to enable you to liaise effectively with the multi-disciplinary team and work with a diverse and varied group of patients and carers.

Experience in Home oxygen assessment or NIV is not essential but evidence of your wider respiratory knowledge, clinical skills, experience and a willingness to learn must be demonstrable.

Main duties of the job

Assisting with Reviewing Home Oxygen and Non Invasive Ventilation patients in Out Patient Department and at home.

Performing Capillary Blood Gases and Observations of Vital Signs

Providing Nutritional Advice when Required

Supporting Patients with Palliative Care

Undertaking Home Risk Assessments for Oxygen Patients

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

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

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