Perioperative Care Support Worker

Integrated Care System; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health board in Bridgend is seeking a Perioperative Care Support Worker to aid in patient care and preparation during surgeries. The ideal candidate will assist theatre staff, ensuring patients are comfortable and all procedures are safe. A Level 2 vocational qualification is required, along with experience in a health or social care setting. Flexibility and teamwork are essential. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant difference in patient care.

Qualifications

• Vocational qualification Level 2 or above required.
• IT literate with knowledge of personal care procedures.
• Experience in health or social care sector preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support patients during their peri-operative journey.
• Prepare and check equipment for procedures.
• Assist in clinical areas and with patient transport.

Skills

Communication with health professionals

Patient care

Teamwork

Health and safety awareness

Education

Vocational qualification Level 2 or above

Job description

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Perioperative Care Support Worker

The closing date is 14 August 2025

The role will involve supporting with the care of patients during their peri-operative journey at the Princess of Wales hospital. Theatre staff have an important role in making sure patients feel as calm and comfortable as possible. If you are passionate about patient care and looking to make a difference in a dynamic care environment, this could be the post for you.

As well as direct patient care, you will be involved with preparing and checking equipment, carrying out safety checks, ensuring clinical areas and equipment are cleaned and restocked, and helping to collect and return patients to the ward areas.

Main duties of the job

o Communicate with other health professionals to perform delegated duties to ensure a safe service.o Participate in Patient Safety steps for example briefs, time out, debriefs.o Undertake induction and competency-based programmes to perform delegated supervised duties.o Follow policies/procedures/ guidelines/protocols/safe systems of work.o Only working within delegated duties under supervision of registered staff / following schedules of work.o Alerting registered staff to any missing or incomplete documentation/ relevant patient safety information when performing patient checks.o Identifying whether items are sterile /disinfected and reporting compliance to standards.o Performing in conjunction with registered staff swab, needle, instrument and item counts alerting registered staff of any inconsistencies.o Report to registered staff deviations or trends from baseline basic physiological monitoring of patients.o Reporting faulty equipment and any alert hazard alarms on equipment to registered staff.o Instigate basic resuscitation after sending for help.o Follow schedules of work.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Knowledge

• Vocational qualification Level 2 or above
• IT literate
• Knowledge of personal care and related procedures

Experience

• Worked in health or social care sector or experience of delivering care
• Previous experience of working in the NHS Theatre/wards/critical care

Aptitude and Abilities

• Awareness of health and safety
• Ability to follow policies and procedures
• Awareness of limitations of practice
• Working within a team
• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Values

• Knowledge of the NHS Wales values
• Integrating improvement into everyday working

Other

• Flexible approach to the service
• Ability to work shifts/nights/out of hours cover
• Physically fit to undertake the demand of the role
• Able to travel to other hospitals if required

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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