Bank Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

Are you passionate about and committed to the delivery of patient care to a high standard, whilst working within a caring and friendly organisation that is determined to improve the care it provides?

If you have already undertaken the HCSW Induction Programme and hold All Wales Manual Handling Passport (valid in the last 3 years), we would love to hear from you and invite you to become part of Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB's Staff Bank as a Healthcare Support Worker.

Things we would like to know about you:

• Do want to have flexibility and be able to choose when and where you can work?
• Do wish to gain different experiences within different hospital and community sites?

Being part of the Staff Bank HCSW Team allows you this flexibility to determine your own shift pattern as well as providing an important opportunity to broaden your clinical experience; working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver patient care across a wide range of inpatient /outpatient settings that will enable you to continue to professionally and clinically develop yourself.

We are planning to hold interviews in the week commencing 11th September - if you are invited to interview, you must bring the following with you:

• Healthcare Support Worker Induction Programme certificate of completion
• All Wales Manual Handling passport, valid in the last 3 years

Main duties of the job

• Assist in the provision of care to patients/clients by providing a range of personal care duties as designated by a registered nurse
• Communicate effectively and appropriately with the multi-disciplinary team
• Participate in discussions about patient care and ward/department development
• Manoeuvre trolleys, wheelchairs, and other equipment safely
• Undertake routine observations
• Assist in the care of patients with reduced mobility
• Collect and record data accurately
• Ensure safe custody and return of patients' property
• To always work in accordance with organisational policies

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.