Health Care Support Worker - INTERNAL in Wrexham

Job Overview

Do you want to be part of an established, warm, welcoming child and family centred ward team? We are looking for a full time dynamic and enthusiastic Band 3 HCSW to join Wrexham Maelor’s Children’s Ward.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

Do you want to be part of an established, warm, welcoming child and family centred ward team? We are looking for a full time dynamic and enthusiastic Band 3 HCSW to join Wrexham Maelor’s Children’s Ward.

Job Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

Do you want to be part of an established, warm, welcoming child and family centred ward team? We are looking for a full time dynamic and enthusiastic Band 3 HCSW to join Wrexham Maelor’s Children’s Ward. The ward has a very motivated and enthusiastic multidisciplinary team with a clear vision of providing the best possible evidence based care to the children and young people who access our services for all specialities. Your role will be to work alongside them and will be integral to the smooth running of a very busy ward. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. The Children’s Ward comprises of general ward areas, isolation cubicles, Admissions and Assessment Unit and High Dependency Unit. Our age range of clients is 0-18 years. We care for a variety of admissions including day case, ward attender, short stay, long stay, and repeat admissions. These admissions can be from several specialties such as General and Specialist Paediatric medical conditions e.g. oncology and children with disability as well as ENT, Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Dermatology and CAMHS. Your role will be to undertake assigned tasks involving direct and indirect care for the child, young person and their family in support of and supervised by a registered nurse. You will also be required to supervise and care for children and young people admitted to the children’s ward under the joint care of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services team. This is a rotational post and you will be required to work days, nights and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

The Children’s Ward comprises of general ward areas, isolation cubicles, Admissions and Assessment Unit and High Dependency Unit. Our age range of clients is 0-18 years. We care for a variety of admissions including day case, ward attender, short stay, long stay, and repeat admissions. These admissions can be from several specialties such as General and Specialist Paediatric medical conditions e.g. oncology and children with disability as well as ENT, Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Dermatology and CAMHS. Your role will be to undertake assigned tasks involving direct and indirect care for the child, young person and their family in support of and supervised by a registered nurse. You will also be required to supervise and care for children and young people admitted to the children’s ward under the joint care of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services team. This is a rotational post and you will be required to work days, nights and bank holidays.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework. Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme. Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description-

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Person specification

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Level 3 Qualification in a health care related subject or Equivalent experience and can evidence work based competency demonstrating theoretical knowledge, and the ability to undertake clinical care duties relevant for the role which is gained through experience and work based training/short courses
• Knowledge of the code of conduct for Health Care Support Workers in Wales and All Wales Delegation Guidelines (HEIW)
• Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures within a healthcare setting for example the principals of Safeguarding adults/children to keep patients within their care safe, and confidentiality for example General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within a relevant health or social care environment, providing direct patient care

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with patient groups relevant to area of practice
• Experience of working within the NHS