Healthcare Support Worker AA

NHS Scotland; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland invites applications for a Health Care Support Worker in Ward 52, a 24-bed General Surgery unit covering Upper GI and Colorectal specialties. The role requires flexibility across 7-day shifts, with emphasis on patient safety and confidentiality.

PVG clearance is a prerequisite and right to work in the UK must be demonstrated. Ideal candidates will have SVQ3 (or willingness to attain) and may have 12 months of recent acute inpatient experience.

Qualifications

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to patient safety and confidentiality.
• Ideally SVQ3 or willingness to work towards it.
• Minimum 12 months recent acute inpatient experience preferred.
• Additional skills such as venepuncture, cannulation, observation monitoring, ECG, catheterisation are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide care within Ward 52 General Surgery unit.
• Work within a dynamic multidisciplinary team to support patient journeys.
• Meet physical demands including patient manual handling and shifts over 7 days.

Skills

Communication skills

Team player

Patient confidentiality

Education

SVQ3 (preferred)

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the surgical directorate - Ward 52, for a Health Care Support Worker. Ward 52 is a 24 bedded General Surgery unit, which covers Upper GI & Colorectal specialities primarily through; emergency admissions from AU2; post operative patients from the SEAL unit; surgical elective admissions for theatre; and step-down patients from SHDU.

The successful applicant will be joining a well motivated and dynamic multi-disciplinary team who strive to deliver the highest level of care. They will be part of a forward thinking unit and committed to team working that benefits the patient as well as improving their journey.

The successful applicant will have the ability to work different shift patterns over 7 days and must be able to meet the physical demands including patient manual handling.

You must have effective communication and interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate your commitment to patient safety and confidentiality. An active interest in working within an acute hospital setting and the ability to rise to the challenge of working within a fast paced setting is essential. We are looking for good team players with excellent written and oral communicators. You will be expected to participate in any training required. Ideally have a SVQ3 or be willing to work towards this. Applicants with a minimum 12 months of recent acute inpatient experience are preferred. Additional skills that are preferred but not essential are; venepuncture, cannulation, observation monitoring, ECG, catheterisation.

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

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

• 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.

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.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.

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.

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.