Full time Health Care Support Worker at Powys Teaching Health Board
Job Description
An exciting opportunity as arisen to join the eating disorder team as a band 3 HCSW. The Eating Disorder Team based at Bronllys Hospital, near Brecon but covers the whole of the county of Powys.
The post holder will predominately cover Monday – Friday 9-5 but on occasions you may have to cover some weekend work and out of hours support depending on the needs of the caseload. The person must be flexible to the needs of the service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
The role will involve dealing with and supporting those patients who have an eating disorder and will cover all ages, so those children and young people under CAMHS and adults of working age. The successful applicants will be supported to work independently under the leadership of registered mental health practitioners, providing and monitoring the care for people experiencing an acute eating disorder and will involve supporting those individuals in their own homes with meal support, with some clinic based work, and supporting those patients who need to spend sometime in hospital due to compromised physical health issues. Integral to this role is the ability to communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion and to work as an autonomous practitioner undertaking therapeutic assessment of patients, some of whom may have complex and diverse conditions.
If you are flexible, trustworthy, dynamic, and passionate about working with this client group, submit your application form.
For further information on the role, please contact Karen James on [email protected]
Powys is cited as being a wonderful place to live and work. It is a rural health setting where you can personally and professionally grow and patients are truly at the heart of care provision. If you are an ambitious professional in search of job satisfaction that others can only dream about, prepare for a very pleasant surprise as Powys is the place to be. We are looking for staff who have energy, enthusiasm, commitment and drive and who are patient-centred. Whatever your career aspirations, we are committed to supporting and developing you.
Powys Teaching Health Board is responsible for meeting the health and wellbeing needs of the population of Powys. As a rural health board we have around 133,000 people living across an area that is a quarter of the land mass of Wales. Powys is the largest county in Wales with Snowdonia to the North and the Brecon Beacons to the South, the spectacular scenery is something to behold. Working in partnership, we commission and provide award-winning hospital, community, mental health and learning disability services, so our portfolio is varied and diverse. We are proud to offer patients an unrivalled level of care, not to mention a wide range of careers for professionals who want to make a real difference. If working for Powys Teaching Health Board is something that is of interest, we may have an opportunity just for you!
Please see Job description for detailed duties and responsibilities and above
Location :Bronllys
Closing Date :2/08/2023
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