Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Perioperative Care Support Worker

The closing date is 24 July 2025

Job summary

We have an opportunity for a motivated individual to join our busy team as part of the Theatres service in Prince Charles 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/reassurance 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

Undertake induction and competency-based programmes to perform delegated supervised duties

Complete statutory and mandatory training

Follow policies/procedures/ guidelines/protocols/safe systems of work

Only working within delegated duties under supervision of registered staff / following schedules of work

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.

Details

Date posted

22 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,833 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-ACS187-0725

Job locations

Prince Charles Hospital

Gurnos Road

Merthyr Tydfil

CF47 9DT


Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Knowledge

Essential

  • Vocational qualification Level 2 or above
  • Knowledge of personal care and related procedures

Desirable

  • IT literate

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
  • 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 work
  • Ability to work shifts/nights/out of hours cover
  • Able to travel to other hospitals in a timely manner if required
Person Specification

Qualifications/Knowledge

Essential

  • Vocational qualification Level 2 or above
  • Knowledge of personal care and related procedures

Desirable

  • IT literate

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
  • 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 work
  • Ability to work shifts/nights/out of hours cover
  • Able to travel to other hospitals in a timely manner 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Prince Charles Hospital

Gurnos Road

Merthyr Tydfil

CF47 9DT


Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Prince Charles Hospital

Gurnos Road

Merthyr Tydfil

CF47 9DT


Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Perioperative care support worker team leader

Nigel Sparks

nigel.sparks@wales.nhs.uk

01685728425

Details

Date posted

22 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,833 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-ACS187-0725

Job locations

Prince Charles Hospital

Gurnos Road

Merthyr Tydfil

CF47 9DT


Supporting documents

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