Healthcare Support Worker Opd - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Description
We are looking forward to welcoming and supporting a bright keen motivated band 2 Health Care Support Worker to join our team in assisting us in delivering essential and specialist care to our patients.
The Healthcare Support Worker duties required by the Outpatient Department reflect the Fundamental Skills & some Supportive Skills detailed in the Healthcare Support Worker Skills Framework.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the department is clean and tidy.
The post holder will assist with maintaining ward stocks, keeping storerooms organised and tidy, keep clinical equipment clean and undertake other duties, including some aspects of clinical care as delegated by qualified staff.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.To assist the Registered Practitioner in the provision of patient care under guidance and supervision of the registered practitioner.
The successful applicant will need to be reliable, enthusiastic and a self-motivated individual, preferably with recent hospital experience or experience in a caring background.
Opportunities also will be given to work within a number of different specialties which currently include General Medicine, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, Hepatology Immunology, Surgery (General, Colorectal, Vascular and Plastic), and Trauma and Orthopedics; the list is not exhaustive.
Exposure to such a broad spectrum of specialties offers the opportunity to acquire many new skills and continually develop learning, supported through a combination of bespoke training and practical on-the-job tuition.
We are searching for someone who shares our values that:
- We care about the people we serve and the people we work with
- We trust one another
- We respect each other
- We take personal responsibility
- We treat people with kindness
- We act with integrity
Cardiff and Vale University Health Boardis one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services.
Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal.
As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing.
We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research.
Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.
Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline.
Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.We would welcome an informal visit to the OPD UHW department
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