Senior Healthcare Support Worker

NHS Highland; Wick; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Highland is recruiting an enthusiastic and experienced Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) to join the team in the Bignold Ward at Caithness General Hospital, Wick. The post is permanent, part-time at 23 hours with a rotational day/night shift to meet service needs.

The role involves delivering high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centred care and supporting rehabilitation goals. As a HCSW you will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and provide pressure area care and personal care

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering patient-centered care.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Work with the multi-disciplinary team to implement rehabilitation goals.
• Provide pressure area care and personal care to vulnerable patients.
• Support in completing training to enhance care delivery.

Job description

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.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced, HCSW to join our friendly team within the Bignold Ward at Caithness General Hospital, Wick.

We are a busy 24 bed post‑acute and rehabilitation ward. We care for a variety of complex conditions such as stroke and neurological conditions, orthopaedics and elderly care; this has led our team to develop an advanced skill set in many different areas of nursing.

As a HCSW, you will be supported in completing further training and gaining the experience needed to deliver a high standard of evidence‑based patient centred care. You will be working closely with the multi‑disciplinary team and will play a key role in implementing rehabilitation goals. You will also be an essential team member by supplying pressure area care and personal care to vulnerable patients.

This is permanent part‑time post of 23 hours working a rotational day/night shift contract to meet the needs of the service.

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through.