Health Care Support Worker

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Wales; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board seeks Health Care Support Workers to assist individuals with complex health needs in Blaenau Gwent. This role offers a chance to make a significant difference in patient's lives, with opportunities for training and career development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Paid mandatory training

Career pathways

Occupational health support

Wellbeing Centre of Excellence

Qualifications

• Experience of working at Band 2 or equivalent in a health or social care setting is essential.
• Willingness to undertake clinical duties related to patient care.
• Knowledge of working with individuals with complex needs is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Care for individuals with complex health needs.
• Develop a relationship and support individual health needs.
• Participate in night and day shifts as required.

Skills

Decision Making

Calmness in Stressful Situations

Patient Vehicle Operation

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Direct Care or Equivalent

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

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.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

The main duties of the posts are to care for individuals with complex health care needs in their own homes within the community.

Currently we are unable to provide certificates of sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the Home Office’s criteria. Anyone requiring a certificate of sponsorship is therefore unable to be shortlisted and interviewed.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Band 3, Health Care Support Worker

Base: Blaenau Gwent

Are you someone who has an interest working with an individual with complex health needs who wants an exciting new challenge?

Vibrant suitably experienced Health Care Support Workers are required to care for a young girl transitioning from paediatric care to adult care, living in the Blaenau Gwent Area.

HCSW should have knowledge and experience of working with patients with complex health needs, a learning disability background is desirable but not essential and HCSW’s are welcomed who would be willing to learn these skills. This role would include rotation of 10 hour night shifts and a 12 hour shift within the service.

Successful staff will be expected to enable the individual to live a full and productive life supporting physical and psychosocial needs within her family unit. This unique opportunity allows the nurse to develop a relationship with the patient to know her individual needs and health needs to provide high, quality nursing care.

There is developing, exciting work within the Care at Home Team within ABUHB. The service is driven towards succession planning and there are a variety of training and development opportunities available for HCSW’s within this unique service. The learning disability nursing team are at an exciting time, developing, using innovative evidence based practice to give high quality care to people with learning disabilities within the community maximising their quality of life.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Education

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 3 in Direct Care or Equivalent or working towards obtaining
  
  

Desirable criteria

• NVQ Level 2 in Direct Care
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working at Band 2 or equivalent in a health or social care setting
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Undertaking clinical duties e.g. bowel management etc
• Experience of working with individuals with complex needs
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to make informed decisions and act on own initiative
• Ability to keep calm in stressful situations
• The ability to drive patient vehicles and the ability to travel between sites in a timely manner