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Health Care Support Worker, Trauma and Orthopaedic Ward

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
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Location
Salary
£23,970 per annum
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Grade
Band 2
Deadline
25 Jun 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
20 Jun 2025

Job overview

The Trauma and Orthopaedic (T+O) Ward are looking for an enthusiastic health care support worker who wants to make a difference.

The T+O ward admit from the Emergency Department, and the major trauma unit in Cardiff,  It is an extremely busy unit comprising of the Trauma Assessment Unit.

Exceptional team working is essential to this role, along with a warm and friendly bedside manner and the ability to work in a high-pressure area.  Previous experience in a hospital/acute setting is beneficial but we accept applications from those without hospital care experience.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This means Speaking & Listening at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2). We don’t need fluency. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see the ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be responsible for assisting the qualified nurses to meet the basic nursing needs of the patients in their care, as well as working from their own initiative  and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment.

You will need to have outstanding communication skills - you will be part of a team of fellow HCSW's,  physician's assistants, qualified nurses and nurse practitioners, junior Doctors and consultants. You will be expected to communicate with these members of the team along with liaising with our ward clerks on admissions, transfers and discharges.

Your day to day routine will consist of but is not limited to: meeting patients hygiene and toileting needs, serving meals and assisting patients to eat and drink, taking and recording of vital observations, blood glucose levels, maintaining good levels of stock and PPE, assisting with wound dressings, disposing of hazardous waste safely and correctly and documenting in patients notes.

You will be expected to have a good standard of literacy and numeracy, due to being required to document about the patients skin  and the taking and recording of vital signs.

There will be the opportunity to further develop with training and education, we enrol all of our HCSW's on to basic life support training, and there will be opportunities to train to take blood glucose levels.

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