Community Health Care Assistant in Pontypridd

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board provides healthcare services to the people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Community Health Care Assistant

Are you looking for a role where you can work caring for other people in their own home? We are redesigning our community services model and implementing a new Intermediate Care Team; therefore, an exciting opportunity has arisen to employ community health care assistants to deliver Urgent Community Response services (providing care 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week) across Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil. You will play a crucial role in providing essential support and care to individuals, with a focus on promoting independence, dignity, and well-being. This is an opportunity for someone who wishes to continue to progress their career in nursing.

This role will support patients to recover or rehabilitate after a period of illness or crisis by implementing planned Intermediate Care for individuals in their own home, maintaining a high standard of evidence-based practice to meet identified needs whilst being supported by a multi-disciplinary team of Doctors, Nurses, Therapists and Allied Health professionals.

• Provide support for avoiding admission to hospital when clinically safe to do so, through appropriate community-based care and support, which includes providing personal care to patients, performing vital observations, and venepuncture, and maintaining accurate records.
• Follow intervention plans formulated by a Health Care Professional within agreed parameters in order to allow patients to maximise their functional independence.
• Utilise knowledge and understanding of common physical, mental and behavioural health conditions to recognise deterioration in service users.
• Work alone within the scope of the role and have a delegated caseload of patients that have been previously seen/triaged and assessed by a registered member of staff.
• Undertake enabling care as directed by a registered practitioner; this will include assistance with toileting, washing, dressing and continence care, mobility, transfers and use of potential walking aids.
• Be vigilant for cues indicating safeguarding issues and escalate safeguarding concerns and reports to the multi-disciplinary team in a robust, timely manner, complying with legal requirements.
• Respond by promptly escalating concerns to a registered practitioner.
• Recognise an emergency, summon assistance and act as a member of the multi-disciplinary team within parameters of competence and role.
• Use delegated therapeutic handling techniques as required by the individual and their environment in order to safely, efficiently and effectively treat the patients according to their agreed treatment plans, goals and outcomes.
• Ensure the safety of patients when delivering enabling care.
• Keep up to date with all mandatory training.
• Effective communication for all patients with an empathetic and understanding approach, where barriers may have to be overcome.
• Provide written records of activities undertaken as part of the delegated care plan and patient progress.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Welsh language skills are desirable.

• Essential criteria: Level 3 NVQ in health or social care or relevant experience.
• Evidence of continuing personal development relevant to the role in health care.
• Patient-related experience in health, third sector or social care services.

• Essential criteria: Patient-related experience in health, third sector or social care services.

• Post is community-based so it is essential that the post holder can travel flexibly in a defined area in a timely manner.