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Health Care Support Worker
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Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for 2 enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 2 HCSW to join our team on our Mental Health Inpatient Unit based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. There are both a full time (37.5 hrs) post and a 22.5 hrs post available.
The post is based on Ward 21, which is one of our treatment wards.
We provide person centred care for people suffering with significant mental health difficulties and associated challenging presentations.
The successful candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with the qualified staff to ensure that a high standard of care is maintained across the unit, and be expected to demonstrate a genuine interest in this field of nursing, displaying excellent people skills such as communication.
They will be expected to work as part of a team, ensuring the delivery of high quality person centred patient care.
Staff working within this environment are afforded the opportunity to experience diverse mental illnesses.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
* Welcome service users into the ward
* Develop communication skills in order to convey routine informationeffectively to patients, carers and other staff.
* Observe and report the effects of all interventions to the Registered nurse.
* Answer the telephone in a polite and professional manner.
* Maintain accurate and timely records of all contact with service users.
* Ensure effective communication with all members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, advocates and relatives.
* Ensure all incidents which may compromise Health and Safety arereported in an appropriate and timely manner.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
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
The post holder will:
Support the delivery of a range of interventions required to supportservice users meeting their personal care needs ensuring safety,privacy and dignity is maintained at all times. Observe the safety of service users at all times and if requestedaccount for their whereabouts. Assist with safe and supportive levels of engagement of patientsdeemed to be at risk of self harm. Demonstrate a positive attitude towards service users recovery whichis based on commitment, hope and optimism. Develop rapport based upon a working relationship which maintainsappropriate boundaries at all times. Work closely with service users to meet the needs and achieve thegoals identified in their individual care plans. Provide practical support to service users and their carers to meetactivities of daily living. Being mindful to promote skill-development andindependence as far as possible. Forward requests for catering to the catering department. Weigh patients and complete fluid balance and food charts as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Have NVQ Level 2 or equivalent competence gained through experience and supervision
Skills
* Good communication skills, both written and verbal
* IT Skills
Experience
* Experience of working in a mental health setting
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.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
£23,970 a yearper annum, pro rata if part time
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