Health Care Support Worker
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Worker to join our dedicated team on the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend. We are looking for reliable individuals who can provide high standards of care to our 22 frail elderly patients who are acutely unwell.
This is a rewarding role within a dynamic team, focusing on delivering high quality, person-centred care whilst supporting safe and timely discharges in a very busy unit. Exceptional team working is essential to this role, along with a warm and friendly bedside manner. Previous experience in a hospital/acute setting is beneficial but we accept applications from those without hospital care experience.
We have 2 x permanent posts and 1 x fixed term/secondment for 12 months to cover maternity leave. Anyone wishing to apply for the post as a secondment must seek approval from their Line Manager before applying.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be responsible for assisting the qualified nurses to meet the basic nursing needs of the patients in their care, as well as working using their own initiative and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment. Successful applicants will be expected to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and organisational skills along with the ability to use their own initiative.
Your day to day routine will consist of but is not limited to: meeting patients hygiene and toileting needs, serving meals and assisting patients to eat and drink, taking and recording of vital observations, blood glucose levels, maintaining good levels of stock and PPE, assisting with wound dressings, disposing of hazardous waste safely and correctly and documenting in patients notes.
You will be expected to have a good standard of literacy and numeracy, due to being required to document about the patients skin integrity and the taking and recording of vital signs. There will be the opportunity to further develop with training and education, we enrol all of our HCSW's on to basic life support training, and there will be opportunities to train to take blood glucose levels.
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
Job responsibilities
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