Healthcare Support Worker

NHS Scotland; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland in Kirkcaldy is seeking a Health Care Support Worker for our Cardiology Department. The role covers a 26 bed Cardiology ward with in-patient care and work in our 8 bedded CCU ward. You will contribute to a busy, patient-focused team and provide support to registered nurses while delivering high-quality care.

The post is rotational, requiring flexibility to work days, nights and weekends. PVG clearance is a requirement before appointment and applicants must demonstrate right to work

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS ward environments preferred.
• Ability to work as part of a team and under own supervision.
• Good communication and flexible to shift patterns.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to registered nursing team and patient care.
• Perform basic clinical tasks such as observations, venipuncture and ECGs.
• Assist with catheterisation and administrative duties as required.
• Adapt to rotational shifts including days, nights and weekends.

Job description

The opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the team within our Cardiology Department.

Cardiology is a 26 bedded ward with both Cardio and General Medical Patients. As a Health Care Support Worker, you will also be expected to work in our 8 bedded CCU ward.

As a team player with excellent communication skills and flexibility to contribute effectively to service development, who can work as part of a team but also under your own initiative delivering high quality, patient focused care in an environment that is busy and demanding.

You will be expected to provide support to the registered nursing team, by carrying out an extended range of assigned clinical tasks as well as direct patient care and associated administrative duties. Ideally candidates will have NHS Ward experience and be competent in additional clinical skills such as observations, venapuncture and ECGS and Catheterisation.

You must be adaptable to change and have the ability to work without direct supervision.

Previous experience of working within a healthcare setting is essential and completion of SVQ 3 is preferred but not essential.

This is a rotational post and staff must be able to work, days, nights and weekends.

* Please note this post may close early due to anticipated level of applicants*

For informal enquiries please contact Lisa Herd , Senior Charge Nurse on 01592 643355 ext 20512

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

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.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.