Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hour day shifts, 10 hour night shifts)
- Job ref
- 110-ACS138-0424-A
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £22,720 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
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Health Care Support Worker
Band 2
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for staff members who are experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 2 HCSW to join our team on our Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) based at the Princess of Wales Hospital.
PICU is specified as a high risk environment due the acute mental health deterioration of clients including increased levels of challenging behaviours to manage. Due to this, PICU requires to have a minimum of x 2 male staff members on all 3 shift patterns at all times. (Mornings, Afternoons, Nights).
The successful candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with the qualified staff to ensure that a high standard of care is maintained across the unit, and be expected to demonstrate a genuine interest in this field of nursing, displaying excellent people skills such as communication. They will be expected to work as part of a team, ensuring the delivery of high quality person centred patient care.
Main duties of the job
We are an 8 bedded adult unit providing person centred care for people suffering with significant mental health difficulties and associated challenging presentations.
The successful candidates will be expected to work collaboratively with the qualified staff to ensure that a high standard of care is maintained across the unit, and be expected to demonstrate a genuine interest in this field of nursing, displaying excellent people skills such as communication. They will be expected to work as part of a team, ensuring the delivery of high quality person centred patient care.
Staff working within this environment are afforded the opportunity to experience diverse mental illnesses.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post, however not essential; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jonathan Gapper
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656752105
- Additional information
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