Job overview

AMU and ward 4  are looking for an enthusiastic health care support worker who wants to make a difference. 

The Acute Medical Unit receives medical admissions from the Emergency Department . It is an extremely busy unit comprising of 20 beds with 8 assessment/triage trolleys.  We also have a 28 bedded general medical ward attached to AMU (ward 4). We are one team and you will be allocated to work in both areas. 

Exceptional team working is essential to this role, along with a warm and friendly bedside manner and the ability to work in a high-pressure area.  Previous experience in a hospital/acute setting is beneficial but we accept applications from those without hospital care experience. 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be responsible for assisting the qualified nurses to meet the basic nursing needs of the patients in their care, as well as working from their own initiative  and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment. 

You will need to have outstanding communication skills - you will be part of a team of fellow HCSW's,  physician's assistants, qualified nurses and nurse practitioners, junior Doctors and consultants. You will be expected to communicate with these members of the team along with liaising with our ward clerks on admissions, transfers and discharges. 

Your day to day routine will consist of but is not limited to: meeting patients hygiene and toileting needs, serving meals and assisting patients to eat and drink, taking and recording of vital observations,  maintaining good levels of stock and PPE, assisting with wound dressings, disposing of hazardous waste safely and correctly and documenting in patients notes. 

You will be expected to have a good standard of literacy and numeracy, due to being required to document about the patients skin  and the taking and recording of vital signs.

There will be the opportunity to further develop with training and education, we enrol all of our HCSW's on to basic life support training.

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.