Healthcare Support Worker

NHS Scotland; Windygates; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking a Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker for Ward 1 Cameron Hospital, part of the Recovery and Adaptation Unit providing rehabilitation for the Older Person and assisting complex discharge planning.

You will join an experienced nursing team, developing skills in medicine of the elderly and working with a multi-disciplinary team to promote a positive patient journey. A PVG scheme and UK work permission are required before appointment.

Qualifications

• PVG Scheme membership prior to appointment.
• Evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom (UK) through visa routes or settled/pre-settled status.

Responsibilities

• Develop skills in medicine of the elderly.
• Work with the multi-disciplinary team to promote a positive patient journey.
• Join a well-established nursing team focusing on the older person and rehabilitation.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 2 Healthcare Support worker in Ward 1 Cameron Hospital. Ward 1 is part of the Recovery and Adaptation Unit which provides rehabilitation for the Older Person and facilitates complex discharge planning in the Community Hospital setting.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic individual who will develop skills in medicine of the elderly and work closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to promote a positive patient journey.

You will be joining a well-established and experienced nursing team and you will demonstrate a keen interest and motivation for caring for the older person and rehabilitation.

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

For informal enquiries please contact Senior Charge Nurse Vicki Black, Charge Nurse Robert Ford or Charge Nurse Jacqueline Mercer on 01592 22671

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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.