Healthcare Support Worker - Gynaecology

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Job summary

A healthcare organization in South Wales is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support nursing and medical staff in delivering compassionate care within the Women's Health services. The ideal candidate will assist in clinical duties, ensure safety for patients, and engage with a multi-disciplinary team. Successful applicants should have a background in caring for individuals and possess good communication skills. This is a full-time position with a salary of £24,833 per annum pro rata.

Benefits

Living Wage Employer

Qualifications

• Possesses or working towards NVQ Level II Award / GCSE’s or similar qualifications.
• Experience in team working/Working unsupervised.
• Experience of caring for people in a hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Support medical and nursing staff in Women’s Health units.
• Assist in creating a safe environment for patients.
• Record client observations and report to qualified staff.

Skills

Good Communication/interpersonal skills

Team working

Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above

Education

NVQ Level II Award / GCSE’s or similar qualifications

Job description

Employer Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Royal Glamorgan Hospital Town Llantrisant Salary £24,833 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/12/2025 23:59

Band 2

Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board.

Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.

At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive.

Discover more about working with us here:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic team within the Colposcopy and Hysteroscopy service in Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The role would be:

To support the professional practitioners, to assist in the provision of high standards of holistic care

The Health Care Assistant (HCA) should assist with creating a welcoming, caring and safe environment. The post holder will be required to work both within the clerical and clinical environment supporting service provision.

To provide support and direct assistance to medical and nursing staff within all aspects of the Womens Health units by undertaking nursing care and treatment as appropriate and as planned for clients.

This role may require you to work across all sites within Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB

Main duties of the job

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team fostering good communication and working relations with colleagues from all disciplines often dealing with sensitive and emotive problems ensuring signposting to correct medical professional/clinic for ongoing management

Be proficient in a range of clinical duties which require a basic level of knowledge e.g. recording and documenting client observations, ensuring accurate measurements and recording of blood pressure, weight, height, Body Mass Index, pregnancy testing, venepuncture, urine testing etc. reporting to qualified staff as necessary

Act as a chaperone and assist the Doctor / Nurse during clinical examinations / procedures, as appropriate and as requested, as necessary, ensuring correct labelling of all samples

Ensure the availability of patient notes at all clinics (base and satellite) ensuring tracer system is maintained and update

Be experienced in basic IT skills including Word Processing and undertake any relevant training, ensuring all ongoing training needs are met.

Input data onto Patient Information systems

Will ensure that all positive results from investigations are directed to the appropriate senior member of staff for action

Ensure that pathology/scan results is presented to medical/nursing staff for appropriate action and once action completed filed appropriately in the correct patient notes

Ensure that patient confidentiality is always maintained.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

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

Person specification

Qualifications

• Possesses or working towards NVQ Level II Award / GCSE’s or similar qualifications

Experience

• Experience in team working/Working unsupervised
• Experiencing of working in a hospital environment Previous experience of caring for people

Aptitude and Abilities

• Good Communication/interpersonal skills
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above

Values

• Motivated
• Non-judgemental
• Works well both as an individual and as part of a team.
• Ability to demonstrate empathy and understanding

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from individuals within protected groups as outlined in the Equality Act 2010. This includes, but is not limited to, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership. We also warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community.

Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government’s Work in the UK guidance . For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form.

Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles.

All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification.

We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.