Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 months (due to service needs)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-ACS156-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Endoscopy RGH
- Town
- Llantrisant
- Salary
- £24,433 - £26,060 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Health Care Assistant, Endoscopy
Band 3
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
This is a fixed term/secondment post for 3 months due to service need.
Working as part of the Endoscopy Department team assist in the delivery of a high standard of care to patients undergoing Endoscopic procedures, acting in a professional manner at all times.
Be able to communicate in a manner that is understood and always in a polite and respectful manner. Enable patients to meet all their personal needs in accordance with individual preferences and clinical need. Ensure that the patients comfort and dignity is respected at all times. Assist in the movement of patients to ensure maximum comfort and safety at all times. Assist in maintaining specialised endoscopic equipment in good working order, identify any faults in the equipment and report to the Registered Nurse. Assist in ensuring that the department area is kept clean and tidy, e.g. participating in general housekeeping, adhering guidelines in the disposal of dirty linen etc in accordance with UHB Policies.
Main duties of the job
This is a fixed term/secondment post for 3 months due to service need.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic HCSW into a Band 3 role within Endoscopy. Endoscopy is a fast moving sometimes unpredictable environment, allowing individuals to progress and gain competencies within this specialised area.
The unit is progressive, providing both upper and lower GI and Bronchoscopy services, together with a Bowel screening programme service.
Training will be provided, allowing the right individual to develop required both specific patient care and non patient skills regarding maintenance and care of specialised endoscopes and equipment.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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
Educatiuon/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Good literacy & Numeracy skills
- Evidence of engagement with personal and professional development
Experieince
Essential criteria
- Working as part of a team and on own initiative
- Previous experience working in endoscopy unit
- Experience with audit process including understanding GRS and JAG
- Working to list demands and being able to prioritise accordingly
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience with endoscopes
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good intrerpersonal and communicatrion skills
- Excellent customer care
- Analytical skills with accurate data input
- Good IT and Keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
- IV cannulation and venepuncture
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Diane Morgan
- Job title
- Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443429
- Additional information
Diane Morgan
Unit Manager
Extn 73429
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