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Job overview

Looking for a new experience?

• Have you ever thought of developing your clinical skills in a prison environment?
• Are you looking to develop and gain extra experience in a challenging but rewarding role?
• Do you want the opportunity and time to provide patient care?
• Are you looking for support from your peers?

Then this could be the job for you.....

Main duties of the job

As a primary care HCSW you will support a clinician with a clinical caseload of men ensuring appropriate assessment and treatment interventions are provided and SMART goals are agreed.
You will:-
•    Contribute to and deliver interventions and/or treatments when there are complex issues and/or serious illness. You will discuss the treatment plan and the related needs with the service user and the wider team and will understand his / her own role in delivering interventions and / or treatments within the plan.
•    Identify any specific precautions or contra-indications to the proposed interventions /treatments and take the appropriate action.
•    Support and monitor patients throughout, promptly alerting the line manager when there are unexpected changes in individuals’ health and wellbeing or level of risk.
•    Provide information to the primary care team on how individuals’ needs are changing and feedback on the appropriateness of the individual’s treatment plan when there are issues.
•    Respond to, record and report any adverse event or incident relating to the intervention /treatment with an appropriate degree of urgency.
•    Support, undertake and record interventions / treatments correctly, and in line with legislation, policies and procedures and / or established protocols.
•    Under the supervision of a registered nurse, administer medication.

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

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

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

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.