Health Care Support Worker

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Newport; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via the email account you used to apply for this post; therefore, please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

Opportunity to join the South East District Nursing Team on a permanent contract as a band 3 HCSW, a vital and valued role within the team.

To support registered nurses in delivering best practice evidenced-based care to patients within the Community Nursing Team. The Health Care Support Worker will assist the registered nurse/associate practitioner in the provision of high-quality, consistent, and cost-effective health and social care. The Health Care Support Worker will be responsible for assisting with the delivery of patient-centred care as delegated by the registered nurse/associate practitioner within their scope of practice.

Main Duties of the Job

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for Our Organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow, and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary, and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications, and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support, and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Experience

Essential Criteria

• Community experience

Desirable Criteria

• Community experience

Other
Essential Criteria

• Pre-reg training

Desirable Criteria

• Re-reg training