216396 Healthcare Support Worker

NHS Scotland; Stranraer; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is seeking a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) for the Stranraer area. The role involves delivering person-centred palliative care and essential nursing tasks, both independently and with a registered nurse. Candidates must possess an SVQ Level 3 or HNC Level 7 qualification relevant to nursing. This position requires flexibility in shift patterns, including nights, and involves significant driving across rural communities.

Benefits

Free unlimited parking at hospital sites

Qualifications

• Experience delivering person-centred care and providing palliative care.
• Qualified to SVQ Level 3 or HNC Level 7 relevant to this role.
• Experience in HCSW role is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care alongside and independently from a registered nurse.
• Work varying shifts in a 24/7 service, including overnight.
• Drive across Wigtownshire as part of community nursing.

Skills

Person-centred care

Palliative care

Venepuncture

Driving

Education

SVQ Level 3

HNC Level 7

Job description

We invite enthusiastic and forward thinking applications for this HCSW post within the community nursing in the Stranraer area of Dumfries and Galloway

The successful applicant will have experience of delivering person centred care and have an interest in providing palliative care at home as well as venepuncture, simple dressings and other care provision both alongside a registered nurse and as a lone worker.

The applicant will also require to hold an SVQ Level 3 or HNC Level 7 qualification relevant to this role.

The service is a 24/7 service so we are looking for someone who is able to work varying shifts lengths and times, including night shift. The post requires a lot of driving, especially overnight where the post holder will work with a registered nurse covering the whole of Wigtownshire. The post is based in Waverley Medical Centre in Stranraer. The Rhins community nursing team covers a wide geographic area including the town of Stranraer and rural outlying communities such as Drummore, Portpatrick and Glenluce.

Community care is undergoing transformation in Dumfries and Galloway and community nursing will sit within the newly developed Home Teams with other professions.

Experience in a HCSW role would be an advantage.
Informal enquiries please contact [e-mail] - 07715548499

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

To find out more about working with NHS Dumfries and Galloway and for an insight into our friendly, beautiful corner of Scotland please visit our Work With Us web pages https://www.nhsdg.co.uk/workwithus/

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period, for which you would be paid, until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.

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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
NHS Dumfries and Galloway is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

PUBLIC PROTECTION
Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.

RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the UK can work at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk
Please ensure the vacancy salary meets the minimum salary required for sponsorship. We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.

UNITED KINGDOM REGISTRATION
NHS Dumfries & Galloway are currently unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies.
Vacancies requiring professional registration require full United Kingdom registration with the appropriate council (eg NMC, HCPC, GMC etc).