Healthcare Support Worker - Gynaecology in Llantrisant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic team within the Colposcopy and Hysteroscopy service in Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The role would be to support the professional practitioners, assisting in the provision of high standards of holistic care. The Health Care Assistant (HCA) should assist with creating a welcoming, caring and safe environment. The post holder will be required to work both within the clerical and clinical environment supporting service provision.

To provide support and direct assistance to medical and nursing staff within all aspects of the Womens Health units by undertaking nursing care and treatment as appropriate and as planned for clients. This role may require you to work across all sites within Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team fostering good communication and working relations with colleagues from all disciplines, often dealing with sensitive and emotive problems ensuring signposting to correct medical professional/clinic for ongoing management.
• Be proficient in a range of clinical duties which require a basic level of knowledge e.g. recording and documenting client observations, ensuring accurate measurements and recording of blood pressure, weight, height, Body Mass Index, pregnancy testing, venepuncture, urine testing etc., reporting to qualified staff as necessary.
• Act as a chaperone and assist the Doctor/Nurse during clinical examinations/procedures, as appropriate and as requested, ensuring correct labelling of all samples.
• Ensure the availability of patient notes at all clinics (base and satellite), ensuring tracer system is maintained and updated.
• Be experienced in basic IT skills including Word Processing and undertake any relevant training, ensuring all ongoing training needs are met.
• Input data onto Patient Information systems.
• Ensure that all positive results from investigations are directed to the appropriate senior member of staff for action.
• Ensure that pathology/scan results are presented to medical/nursing staff for appropriate action and once action is completed, filed appropriately in the correct patient notes.
• Ensure that patient confidentiality is always maintained.

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 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

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.

Qualifications: Possesses or working towards NVQ Level II Award / GCSE's or similar qualifications.

Experience: Experience in team working/Working unsupervised. Experience of working in a hospital environment. Previous experience of caring for people.

Aptitude and Abilities: Good Communication/interpersonal skills. Flexible to meet the needs of the service. Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above.

Values: Motivated, Non-judgemental, Works well both as an individual and as part of a team. Ability to demonstrate empathy and understanding.

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.