NHS
Welsh Language Officer
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Job Description
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- Supporting the implementation of Welsh Language Standards across the health board
Providing advice and guidance to staff on the use of Welsh in the workplace
Monitoring and reporting on compliance with Welsh Language Standards
- Provide a written translation service from English to Welsh and from Welsh to English. This will include the translation of:
- Healthcare material such as patient information leaflets, patient letters and medical instructions from fields as diverse as Physiotherapy to Nutrition.
- Website material for the Health Board's website.
- Letters to and from the public and any other correspondence received.
- Social media content such as Facebook posts and Tweets.
- Posters and signage.
- Reports such as the Health Board's Annual Report.
- And any other texts as deemed appropriate by the Welsh Language Officer or Welsh Language Services Manager.
- To work closely and alongside the Communication Team in providing bilingual information for publication via the organisation's internet/intranet and social media pages.
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
- Degree in Welsh or related subject
- Experience of working in NHS Wales
- Some experience of translation in a professional capacity
- Degree in Welsh or related subject
- Experience of working in NHS Wales
- Some experience of translation in a professional capacity
Job summary
We are looking for a patient and dedicated Welsh Language Officer to join our team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. In this role, you will play a key part in promoting and facilitating the use of Welsh across the organisation, ensuring compliance with Welsh Language Standards and supporting staff to provide bilingual services.
This includes the translation of documents from English to Welsh and occasionally from Welsh to English, as well as assisting the Communications and Engagement team to provide Welsh language content via social media.
This role will contribute to ensuring that the Health Board complies with the Welsh Language Standards Regulations (2011), thereby helping to ensure that bilingual services are offered to patients in the Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr and Bridgend areas.
The post holder will help to deliver a comprehensive Welsh language service in line with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board's Welsh language policies and procedures and the Welsh Language Standards.
The post holder will work closely with service managers to support service improvement and ensure that the Welsh language is a key consideration in all University Health Board business.
Main duties of the job
About us
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 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.
Details
Date posted
09 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£30,420 to £37,030 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
110-AC072-0525
Job locations
Work From Home / Pontypridd Cottage Hospital
The Common, Hospital Rd
Pontypridd
CF37 4AL
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Job responsibilities
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Degree
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Degree
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Work From Home / Pontypridd Cottage Hospital
The Common, Hospital Rd
Pontypridd
CF37 4AL
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Work From Home / Pontypridd Cottage Hospital
The Common, Hospital Rd
Pontypridd
CF37 4AL
Employer's website
- Supporting the implementation of Welsh Language Standards across the health board
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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