Healthcare Support Worker

NHS Scotland; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking an experienced healthcare support worker to join our primary care team in the Fife-wide division. The role emphasizes excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills, with a strong team ethos in a general practice setting.

Desirable phlebotomy skills and SVQ qualifications are noted. You will work Monday–Friday, with PVG scheme membership required prior to appointment, and may travel across divisions as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience as a healthcare support worker in primary care or general practice.
• Phlebotomy skills desirable.
• PVG scheme eligibility and pre-employment checks.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and clinical support in general practice.
• Support patients with appointments and travel between sites if required.
• Assist with data entry and liaise with the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Phlebotomy

Education

SVQ desirable

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced healthcare support worker. You must have excellent organisational skills, effective communication and interpersonal skills. Must be a team player and have a genuine interest in working in the primary care setting within general practice environment.

Previous community / primary care experience would be an advantage, as would phlebotomy skills. Patients are seen within general practice setting.

You will be required to have knowledge and experience to be able to support this role and an appropriate SVQ is desirable.

Our service offers regular supervision and supports training opportunities.

You must have an ability to travel across the Fife-wide division if the service warrants it.

This post holder will be required to work within a Monday Friday week, available to work 08:30am-5:30pm hours

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 sponsoredBEFORE 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.

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Reference: 255242

Contract Type: Permanent

Posted On: 16 Sep 2026

Closing Date: 30/09/2026

How To Apply: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=265651&source=JobTrainRSSFeed