Acute Medical Health Care Assistant

NHS; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A local health board in Bridgend is seeking an enthusiastic Acute Medical Health Care Assistant for their unit, responsible for supporting patient care and communication within a team. Previous experience in health care is preferred, but candidates can apply with strong interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn. This role offers opportunities for further training and development.

Qualifications

• Good level of education required.
• Previous experience in a health care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist qualified nurses with basic nursing needs of patients.
• Maintain communication with team members regarding patient care.

Skills

Skills in caring for patients in a ward environment

Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Education

NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Acute Medical Health Care Assistant role in AMU and the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit. The closing date is 28 September 2025.

AMU and the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit are looking for an enthusiastic health care assistant who wants to make a difference. The Acute Medical Unit receives medical admissions from the Emergency Department and the GP. It is an extremely busy unit comprising 38 beds with 2 assessment/triage trolleys. We have a new unit attached to AMU, the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit (ACE) which provides excellent care for acutely unwell elderly patients. We are one team and you will be allocated to work in both areas.

Exceptional team working is essential to this role, along with a warm and friendly bedside manner and the ability to work in a high-pressure area. Previous experience in a hospital/acute setting is beneficial but we accept applications from those without hospital care experience.

Responsibilities

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 from their own initiative and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment.

You will need to have outstanding communication skills - you will be part of a team of fellow HCSWs, physician's assistants, qualified nurses and nurse practitioners, junior Doctors and consultants. You will be expected to communicate with these members of the team along with liaising with our ward clerks on admissions, transfers and discharges.

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 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

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. For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents right at the bottom.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good level of education
• NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Knowledge

• Good understanding of role
• Able to demonstrate what role entails

Experience

• Previous experience of Health care setting
• Hospital experience

Skills

• Skills in caring for patients in a ward enviorment
• Hospital experience
• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

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.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

£24,833 a year, pro rata for part time