Job summary
- Main area
- Prison healthcare support worker
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (candidates will be expected to work across the shift pattern, to include nights and weekends)
- Job ref
- 110-ACS076-0224-A
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Parc Prison
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £23,159 - £24,701 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Support Worker
Band 3
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 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
The post holder will work as a member of the Primary Care Nursing Team under the direction of the lead nurse.
The Health Care Support Worker will support Registered Nurses, General Practitioners and other health care professionals in the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting in primary care settings.
The health care support worker will work as part of the nursing team within standard operating procedures, and Registered Nurses and General Practitioners are available for reference.
The post holder will assist with specified delegated clinical tasks that include the provision and monitoring of Chronic Disease management providing a caring, patient focused service at all times.
The post holder will deal with queries from patients, Health Care professionals and other agencies face to face and by telephone. The role will also involve administration and clerical duties including updating patient records on the computer system.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a member of the Primary Care Nursing Team under the direction of the lead nurse.
The Health Care Support Worker will support Registered Nurses, General Practitioners and other health care professionals in the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting in primary care settings.
The health care support worker will work as part of the nursing team within standard operating procedures, and Registered Nurses and General Practitioners are available for reference.
The post holder will assist with specified delegated clinical tasks that include the provision and monitoring of Chronic Disease management providing a caring, patient focused service at all times.
The post holder will deal with queries from patients, Health Care professionals and other agencies face to face and by telephone. The role will also involve administration and clerical duties including updating patient records on the computer system.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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
- Experience of healthcare setting
- NVQ
Desirable criteria
- experience of working in healthcare setting
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Experience of healthcare setting
Desirable criteria
- NVQ
Skills
Essential criteria
- NVQ in health
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 desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Horn
- Job title
- Practice Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656300241
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