Healthcare Support Worker

Working as a HCSW on the endocrine ward you will be assisting patients with all activities of daily living including washing, dressing, feeding, toileting and pressure area care. You will be working under the direction of a registered nurse and the wider Multi Disciplinary Team., The post holder will be required to implement packages of care devised by registered Nurses/Therapists involving direct and non-direct care for the benefit of the patient on an individual or group setting. Duties include:

• Provide basic nursing care to patients
• Undertake routine clinical tasks, for example - dressings, catheter care, removal of cannula's
• Take, record and report basic physiological investigations
• Support patients and relatives through stressful situations includingcare of the terminally ill patient, emergency, resuscitation, dealing with consequences of illness.
• Be familiar with the online Welsh Clinical nursing documentation, including repositioning records.
  
  The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
  
  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.