Health Care Support Worker

Job overview

The Health Care Support Worker will support the registered nurse in the provision of the highest possible standards of care for patients and their families. They will perform tasks within their own competence following direction from a registered nurse in a professional manner, maintaining confidentiality at all times.  Working as part of a team to ensure the highest quality of care is given at all times to patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary care team:-

1. To undertake delegated duties as instructed by the registered nurse.

• 2. Support multi-disciplinary team in providing consistently high standards of care. 3.  To record timely and accurate patient information.

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

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

Come and work in the new and exciting field of Health Inclusion Nursing and be part of our transformation journey!

There are so many choices for health care support workers today- working in acute medicine, specialist high dependency, emergency medicine and now, more and more jobs within a community setting but have you ever thought about the experience you could gain from working in a prison setting?

Working in a secure estate, offers such a unique experience for health care support workers who have an interest in developing skills in the management of people experiencing multiple disadvantages, people with lived experience of trauma, substance dependency and often homelessness.   These individuals present with a huge variety of complex physical and psychological needs and require care and compassion from nurses and healthcare support workers who are focused to deliver a holistic and truly patient centred care.  Working as part of a collaborative team of healthcare and prison staff, you can make a real difference to people’s lives….

Patient Quote “since I arrived in HMP Cardiff all the healthcare staff have helped me sort my health issues out, and now I have a fighting chance of staying in the community when I leave.”

What we want for our prisoners:

• Compassion and non-judgemental care
• Access to equivalent care

In return for the above, we can offer health care support workers:

• A full induction programme supported by one of our experienced team members
• A designated mentor from one of our experienced team members