Health Care Support Worker (Cardiology)

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

Job summary

Join a leading health board as a Health Care Support Worker in Cardiology, where you will support registered nurses by providing essential care and maintaining a well-stocked environment. This 12-month fixed-term role offers opportunities for skills development in a collaborative team focused on patient wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education including numeracy and literacy skills.
• To hold QCF Level 2 qualifications in Health & Social Care or Clinical Health Care.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to the Registered nurse throughout patient admission.
• Record keeping of all patients and completing various patient documents.
• Caring for Acute admissions in a busy ward environment.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Teamwork

Education

QCF Level 2 in Health & Social Care/Clinical Health Care

Job description

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Health Care Support Worker (Cardiology)

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Job summary

This post if Fixed Term for 12 months to cover maternity leave.

This post involves working with Cardiology/Medical on Ward 2. Providing support to the Registered nurse throughout the patients admission and maintaining a safely stocked environment amongst many other roles.

Working within Cardiology provides an excellent opportunity to become a valued member of the Team. We work closely with Ward 1- CCU and you may be expected to cover other wards. We are committed to excellent care delivery and encourage wellbeing along with development in our department.

Record keeping of all patients, recording patient care via WNCR and completing various patient documents . Stock checking and progressively stock ordering, accompanying patients to and from Departments.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced HCSW to join a team of experienced nurses working on one of our busy ward. The post involves caring for Acute admissions from many sources and supporting the day to day running of the area.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills, under the supervision of qualified nurses, caring for patients who are Acute Cardiology and are awaiting transfer to our Tertiary centre.

Experience within the specialty of Medicine is desirable , HCSW experience is also desirable but not essential. The post is rotational between day and night shifts.

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 tea

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education including numeracy and literacy skills
• To hold QCF Level 2 qualifications in Health & Social Care/Clinical Health Care

Experience

• HCSW experience
• Works well both as an individual and as part of a team
• The ability to speak Welsh

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.

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