220643 Ward Assistant (AJM)

NHS National Services Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is looking for a Ward Assistant in Edinburgh to join their multi-disciplinary team. This critical role involves providing clinical housekeeping, personal care, and clerical support services in the ward area. Candidates must possess PVG Scheme membership and have relevant experience in a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and support within healthcare settings.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Must have PVG Scheme membership for required regulatory group.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical housekeeping and clerical support services.
• Work with indirect supervision in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Assist with personal care tasks for patients.

Skills

Clinical housekeeping

Personal care

Clerical support

Job description

NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

The Ward Assistant is an essential part of the ward team. Works with indirect supervision within Multi-disciplinary team, providing a clinical housekeeping, personal care and clerical support service within the ward area.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Caroline Barker at [e-mail]