Healthcare Support Worker AA

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Glenwood (NM); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Fife is seeking Health Care Support Workers to support the School Nursing Service across Fife. You will contribute to administrative functions and work flexibly with school nurses and community staff to meet service needs.

Experience in healthcare and IT literacy are welcomed, with pro rata salary for part-time hours. PVG checks and UK work entitlement are required as part of pre-employment screening.

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and IT systems.
• Interest in supporting children, young people and families.

Responsibilities

• Assist with administrative functions of the School Nursing Service.
• Work flexibly across NHS Fife sites, schools and community settings.

Skills

Healthcare experience

IT literacy

Support children and families

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Health Care Support Workers to join the Fife Wide School Nursing Service.

If you have experience in a healthcare setting, have experience of using IT systems such as Microsoft Office and an interest in supporting children, young people and their families then we would welcome your application.

You will work across Fife with dynamic teams of School Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Nursery Nurses and Health Care Support Workers in a variety of settings; including NHS Fife sites, Schools and Health and Social Care Partnership settings.

The role will involve a significant contribution to the administrative functioning of the School Nursing Service and, as required, you will work flexibly to meet the Service needs for community based work; all of which supports the health and wellbeing needs of children and young people across Fife.

Informal Enquiries

Jennifer Grant School Nurse Team Leader - 07805 124657

Jackie Caie Interim School Nurse Team Leader – 07971 340494

Amanda Urquhart School Nurse Team Leader - 07811 823120

Salary is pro rata for part time hours if applicable. Due to the part time hours this post does NOT meet the criteria for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa.

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.

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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.