Health Care Support Worker

Health Care Support Worker Glenrothes, Scotland

NHS Scotland
Full Time Glenrothes, Scotland 25468 - 27486 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Support Worker to join the Glenrothes locality.

You must have excellent organisational skills, effective communication and interpersonal skills. Must be a team player and have a genuine interest in working in the community. Previous community experience would be an advantage as would phlebotomy skills. Patients are seen within own homes, and care homes in order to deliver excellent nursing care.

The main focus of the team is preventing unnecessary admission, supporting earliest possible discharge from hospital and enabling patients to remain as independent as possible in their homes. You will be required to support the effective District Nursing Team deliver excellent evidence based treatment and care to the practice population of house bound patients.

You will be required to have knowledge and experience to be able to support this role and an appropriate SVQ as desirable. Our service offers regular supervision and supports training opportunities. An ability to travel across the Fife-wide division if the service warrants it and you must have an ability to provide evening cover as required.

You will be required to work within a 24 hour, 7 day Community Nursing Service. The post will include working weekends and public holidays.

For informal enquiries, please contact Emma Connolly on 01592 743302 or email [email protected].

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.

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.

Health Care Support Worker
NHS Scotland

www.nhsnss.org
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ian Crichton
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Government
Healthcare Services & Hospitals
1978
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