Job summary
- Main area
- Health Care Support Worker
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekdays, weekends, nights and bank holidays)
- Job ref
- 110-ACS152-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £23,970 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Support Worker
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 Wales’s 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
Are you a compassionate, dedicated individual looking to make a real difference in patients' lives?
Would you like to join our supportive and dynamic team as a Healthcare assistant on our specialist Gastroenterology ward where we care for patients with a range of complex conditions.
You will play an important and vital role in delivering high quality and person centred care.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity for a Health Care Support Worker has arisen on our medical speciality ward at the Princess of Wales Hospital.
We are looking for a reliable, motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the team on the Gastroenterology ward.
The individual will be required to work under the direction of the registered nurse, ensuring that high standards of care are provided and maintained at all times.
The applicant will be expected to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and organisational skills along with the ability to use their own initiative. Flexibility regarding shift patterns is essential. In addition, experience working with the elderly who may have complex physical and cognitive needs is desirable, however training will be provided for the successful applicant.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or ‘B1’ Level if you’ve learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesn’t mean you have to be fluent or able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being able to hold simple conversations with patients. Have a look at the ‘Croeso Candidate!’ guide attached below for more information. Welsh Skills Essential: This post is advertised as Welsh
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.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Care/hospital Experience
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in care
Skills
Essential criteria
- Well organised in approach to work tasks
- Good communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Previous skills in healthcare setting
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Professional manner
- Reliable and good time keeping
- Enthusiastic and motivated
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B1) are Desirable for this Role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Megan Coles
- Job title
- Ward Manager/Rheolwr y Ward
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752486
- Additional information
Sarah Thorne
Senior Nurse
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