Health Care Support Worker - Unified Breast Unit - YYF inYstrad Mynach inYstrad Mynach PUBLISHED TUE 14 JAN 2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to work within the new Unified Breast Unit in YYF. The new unit is a state of the art breast unit, allowing patients with breast disease and conditions to be treated within a multi disciplinary team, caring for patients from diagnosis and throughout treatment.

Main duties of the job

Under the direction supervision of the Nurse in Charge the post holder will work closely with and support professional staff in a range of duties to ensure the smooth running of the Breast Unit. The post holder will assist patients in all areas of the department and manage their care in an appropriate and caring manner.

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

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ/QCF Level 2 in Health and Social Care OR equivalent level of demonstrable experience and knowledge of personal care and related procedures which can be acquired by on-the-job training plus local training in Venepuncture and ECG and other clinical duties for the role
• A commitment to undertaking continuing personal development and training Understand and respect the principals of confidentiality
• Able to act in a responsible caring and supportive manner at all times Friendly approachable and supportive Non judgemental
  
  

Desirable criteria

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification