Healthcare Support Worker

TN United Kingdom; Auchterarder; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Health Care Support Worker in a community hospital setting. This role involves delivering high-quality, person-centered care in a dynamic team environment. You will support patients in rehabilitation and palliative care, ensuring their needs are met with compassion and professionalism. The position offers the chance to work across multiple units, enhancing your skills and experience in a supportive atmosphere. If you are dedicated to improving lives and committed to ongoing development, this role is perfect for you. Join a team that takes pride in the quality of care provided to the community.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing development pertinent to the role is required.
• Mandatory Induction standards for Healthcare Support Workers must be achieved.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, holistic, patient-centered, and evidence-based care.
• Work collaboratively with a dynamic team to meet patient needs.

Skills

Patient Care

Holistic Care

Team Collaboration

Positive Attitude

Education

Healthcare Support Worker Induction Standards

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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Support Worker to join our team in the GP Unit in St Margaret’s Community Hospital, Auchterarder.

St Margaret’s is a 12 bedded unit providing rehabilitation, step down and palliative care for the communities of Auchterarder and the surrounding areas.

We work closely with Crieff community hospital who provide similar care in an 18 bedded unit to Crieff and the surrounding area.

There will be opportunities to work across both St Margaret’s and Crieff community hospital inpatient units as service need requires.

Within the Community Hospital setting there is sufficient dedicated resource to ensure we can plan and deliver high quality person centred care alongside a highly experienced, dynamic and committed team that takes pride in the quality of the care we provide to maintain or improve lives.

Working on a busy ward you will work with the team along with other service professionals, to meet the needs of patients providing safe holistic, patient centred and evidence based care.

Applicants must have a positive attitude to change and endeavour to deliver high standards of patient care. You should have evidence of continuing development pertinent to the role although we are committed to delivering and supporting ongoing training and development.

You will be required to achieve the mandatory Induction standards for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland and to comply with the Code of Conduct throughout your employment.

Informal enquiries to: Lois Bannister, Senior Charge Nurse, on Tel: [phone]

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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