Job summary
- Main area
- Surgical
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 110-ACS202-0624
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ward 7, Prince Charles Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr
- Salary
- £22,720 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Health Care Support Worker - T&O/ Surgical
Band 2
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
We are seeking highly motivated health care support workers to rise to the challenge of working on Ward 7, acute surgical division, at Prince Charles Hospital. Ward 7 is currently operating as a Surgical and Trauma and Orthopaedic ward, with 4 trolleys allocated for the Trauma Assessment Unit.
You will work alongside the Ward Manger, the Deputy Ward Manager and Registered Nurses on this busy, challenging ward. You will be responsible for supporting the registered staff in delivering high quality nursing care for all patients requiring care intervention. Experience within a care setting would be preferential but not essential.
Main duties of the job
To be successful you will possess:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- To be Self Motivated, organised and flexible in your approach.
- The ability to work on your own using your initiative, whilst demonstrating good team working skills and behaviours in order to be part of an already established team.
- A clear vision for best practice.
- An ability to develop relationships across professional and Organisational boundaries.
You will be supported during your orientation and development. Ongoing support will be provided through team meetings and development days. You can expect to have regular contact with the Ward Manager regarding your development. You will have access to further study and opportunities to expand your role in line with service development.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; 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
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience within a care setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience within a surgical setting
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective Communication Skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Nicola Batten
- Job title
- Ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 728607
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