Health Care Support Worker

Temple B'nai Abraham; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health board in Wales seeks a dedicated health care assistant for Ward 4 at the Princess of Wales Hospital. This role involves caring for patients with acute cardiology and endocrine problems, requiring NVQ Level 3 qualifications and preferably NHS experience. This position offers a yearly salary of £23,970, with additional living wage top-ups, in a collaborative environment focused on patient care.

Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Caring experience.
• Desirable criteria: NHS experience.
• Completed Level 3 NVQ.

Responsibilities

• Provision of care to patients with cardiology and endocrine issues under the guidance of the Registered Nurse.
• Work in a fast-paced ward environment to ensure safe and excellent care.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Education

NVQ Level 3

Job description

Job Summary

Main areaCardiology/EndocrineGradeBand 2ContractPermanentHoursJob ref110-ACS140-0525EmployerCwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardEmployer typeNHSSitePrincess of Wales HospitalTownBridgendSalary£23,970 per annum pro rataSalary periodYearlyClosing01/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

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 Waless 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 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job Overview

We are looking for a dedicated and dynamic health care assistant to work as part of a team on ward 4 in the Princess of Wales Hospital.

Ward 4 is a speciality ward caring for patients with acute cardiology and endocrine problems. It is a busy and fast paced environment where the whole strive to ensure excellent and safe care is delivered to all patients.

If you are inspired to be a valued member of this team then please apply or contact us for an informal visit.

Main duties of the job

Provision of care to patients with medical conditions- mainly cardiology and endocrine under the guidance of the Registered Nurse.

Welsh Skills Desirable

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.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Caring experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• NHS experience
  
  

NVQ Level 3

Essential criteria

• Completed level 3 NVQ
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Working towards
  
  

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or , unless you have p Skilled Worker visaermission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting . If you are eligible for the HealthWork in the UKand Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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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.