Health Care Assistant

NHS; Llantrisant; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for an enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join their Mental Health Inpatient Unit. The role involves providing person-centered care and supporting qualified staff in maintaining high standards of care. Candidates should have communication skills and ideally some experience in a mental health setting. This is a fixed-term position of 24 hours per week to cover maternity leave.

Qualifications

• Experience in a mental health setting is essential.
• Willing to work towards NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Develop communication skills to convey routine information.
• Observe and report effects of interventions to the Registered nurse.
• Support the delivery of interventions for personal care needs.

Skills

Welsh language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3

Communication skills

Education

NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Health Care Assistant

The closing date is 29 September 2025

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 2 HCSW to join our team on our Mental Health Inpatient Unit based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. We provide person centred care for people suffering with significant mental health difficulties and associated challenging presentations. The position is available on our PICU (Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit). These are 1 time posts at 24 hours per week to cover maternity leave.

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.

Staff working within this environment are afforded the opportunity to experience diverse mental illnesses.

Main duties of the job

Develop communication skills in order to convey routine information effectively to patients, carers and other staff.

Observe and report the effects of all interventions to the Registered nurse.

Ensure effective communication with all members of the MultiDisciplinary Team, advocates and relatives.

Ensure all incidents which may compromise Health and Safety are reported in an appropriate and timely manner.

Support the delivery of a range of interventions required to support service users meeting their personal care needs ensuring safety, privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.

Observe the safety of service users at all times, assist with safe and supportive levels of engagement of patients deemed to be at risk of self harm. Develop rapport based upon a working relationship which maintains appropriate boundaries at all times.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn\'t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn\'t need to have skills in Welsh, we\'ll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isn\'t \'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 the \'Croeso Candidate\' booklet below.

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.

This post is fixed term/secondment for 1 year due to Maternity leave. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

The Health Board currently operate a number of different shift systems. The most common are a 12.5 hour shift, inclusive of either one 30 minute or two 30-minute unpaid breaks. These shift patterns are subject to review and the Health Board reserves the right to change working arrangements. CTM is a Health Board committed to meaningful consultation with staff and to making balanced decisions that consider all aspects of our service and workforce.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards

Skills

• Welsh language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above

Experience

• Experience in a mental health setting

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