Main area: Primary Care
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Fixed term: 18 months (Until 31st March 2026, due to funding)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
Full and part time hours available
Job ref: 110-ACS406-1124
Employer: Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cwm Taf Morgannwg wide
Town: Merthyr Tydfil
Salary: £24,433 - £26,060 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/12/2024 23:59
Health Care Support Worker, All Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme
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. 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.
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.
Job overview
Are you passionate about improving the health of patients? If the answer is yes, we have an opportunity for Health Care Support Workers to join a team who deliver brief interventions to patients within our General Practices and other community settings to people who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes as part of the All Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme (AWDPP) across Cwm Taf Morgannwg.
The post holder will be expected to undertake appropriate training to use the appropriate software and have excellent communication skills and possess behaviour change and motivational interviewing skills which will enable them to support and motivate patients to make positive lifestyle changes.
A package of training and support will be offered to the suitable candidate, and you will be joining a small supportive team who are flexible and work autonomously.
Main duties of the job
* Advise on healthy living options and behaviours for individuals, in their context
* Help individuals to develop an ‘action plan’ to change behaviour and sustain those behaviours
* Support individual’s ‘action plan’ over an agreed time through practical help
* Help individuals to identify and access local services
* Keep agreed records and monitor progress
* Have a good knowledge of local services which can support clients in improving their health and well-being
* Support patients to access local services that will improve their health and well-being
* Support individuals to recognise and change harmful behaviours
* Offer one-to-one intervention to patients to support and motivate them to improve their health
* To accurately record clinical data
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
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person specification
* Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support, or equivalent qualification or experience
* Willing to undertake further training appropriate for the role, e.g., Motivational interviewing and brief intervention training
* Experience of working within a primary, secondary or community care setting or equivalent
* Good understanding of local services and communities
* Interpersonal / communication skills
* Experience of working or contributing to local community groups (paid or unpaid)
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa.
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.
Name: Kelly Parfitt
Job title: (WISE) Wellness Improvement Service Manager
Email address: kelly.parfitt@wales.nhs.uk
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