Health Care Assistant

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for, enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 2 HCSW  to join our team on our Mental Health Inpatient Unit  based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.  We provide person centred care for people suffering with significant mental health difficulties and associated challenging presentations. The position is available on our PICU (Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit). These are 1  time posts at 24 hours per week to cover maternity leave.

The successful candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with the qualified staff to ensure that a high standard of care is maintained across the unit, and  be expected to demonstrate a genuine interest in this field of nursing, displaying  excellent people skills such as communication.   They will be expected to work as part of a team, ensuring the delivery of high quality person centred patient care.

Staff working within this environment are afforded the opportunity to experience diverse mental illnesses.

Main duties of the job

Develop communication skills in order to convey routine information effectively to patients, carers and other staff.

Observe and report the effects of all interventions to the Registered nurse.

Ensure effective communication with all members of the Multi Disciplinary Team, advocates and relatives.

Ensure all incidents which may compromise Health and Safety are reported in an appropriate and timely manner.

Support the delivery of a range of interventions required to support service users meeting their personal care needs ensuring safety, privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.

Observe the safety of service users at all times, Assist with safe and supportive levels of engagement of patients deemed to be at risk of self harm Develop rapport based upon a working relationship which maintains appropriate boundaries at all times.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see the ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.

This post is fixed term/secondment for 1 year due to Maternity leave.   If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

The Health Board currently operate a number of different shift systems. The most common are a 12.5 hour shift, inclusive of either one 30 minute or two 30-minute unpaid breaks. These shift patterns are subject to review and the Health Board reserves the right to change working arrangements. CTM is a Health Board committed to meaningful consultation with staff and to making balanced decisions that consider all aspects of our service and workforce.