Community Heart Failure Hcsw - Swansea, United Kingdom - Swansea Bay University Health Board

Swansea Bay University Health Board

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Swansea, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the award winning community heart failure team.

We are a forward thinking, dynamic multi-disciplinary team that deliver care within a clinic and home setting. for heart failure patients across Swansea Bay Health Board.

The role will involve assisting the specialist heart failure nurse in the assessment, ongoing planning, management and evaluation of care.

It will involve working predominantly in a clinic setting, across all hospital sites/ primary care clinic sites. The role will also involve some home visiting.

Main duties will be to undertake patient observations, ECG's, phlebotomy, preparing clinic work load for specialist nurse. You will require to attend home visits and provide some education to our patients.

The role will also require you to be able to order and ensure all stock supplies at all bases are fully equipped.

We are a looking a positive, forward thinking person who will provide a positive for our patients within all aspects of our service.

In this Health Board we aspire to be driven by our values; where every person that works for us, regardless of their role, is expected to demonstrate the values of "caring for each other", "working together" and "always improving".

The Health Care Support Worker has a degree of autonomy and undertakes a broader range of health and care in accordance with policy and procedures.

The post holder will work on their own initiative, undertaking delegated tasks with appropriate supervision in place from the clinical nurse specialist clinical nurse specialist.

The post holder contributes to assessment and assists in the development, implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans for patients with heart failure.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.