Healthcare Support Worker (Health Visiting) AA

NHS National Services Scotland; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS National Services Scotland invites applications for two Health Care Support Workers to join the Health Visiting Service. One post is based in Dunfermline (36 hours per week) and the other is Fife-wide (28.8 hours per week, base to be agreed).

You will support Health Visitors and contribute to administrative duties to ensure smooth service delivery to children and families. A full orientation/induction will be provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative role would be helpful.
• Ability to support clinical delivery alongside Health Visitors.
• PVG scheme clearance required prior to appointment.

Responsibilities

• Support Health Visitors with clinical delivery and family health interventions.
• Contribute to the administrative functioning of the Health Visiting team through office duties.
• Assist with orientation and induction for new staff and supported families.

Skills

Administrative support

Clinical delivery support

PVG scheme

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Health Care Support Workers to join the Health Visiting Service. We have two vacancies available: one based in Dunfermline, 36 hours per week, and one Fife-wide role, 28.8 hours per week (base to be agreed on appointment). As part of the wider Health Visiting Team, you will work closely with Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses and Health Visitor Team Leaders to support the delivery of high-quality services to children and families within the community.

As well as supporting the Health Visitors with clinical delivery, the post holder will also contribute to the administrative functioning of the Health Visiting team through a range of office based duties which contribute to the smooth running of the team so experience of working in an administrative role would be helpful.

A full orientation/induction package will be given for the successful candidate.

Informal enquiries to [e-mail]

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.

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