Healthcare Support Worker Edinburgh

5 days ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Medacs Healthcare Full time

Client Name**:NHS Scotland**

**Location: NHS Lothian - Edinburgh, Livingston and surrounding areas**

Role: Band 2 Healthcare support worker (HCA/HCSW)

Rates**:£13.20 - £21.12 per hour + holiday pay**

Shifts: Flexible hours, with shifts available throughout the day, night & at weekends across multiple NHS Lothian locations.

**Benefits**:

- Access to Care4Carers to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
- Competitive pay rates
- First sight of agency HCSW/HCA shifts across multiple healthboards
- Next-day payroll
- Block bookings in your favourite locations
- Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant

Working alongside a friendly, welcoming team of dedicated professionals, you will be utilising these resources to provide care and support of the highest calibre to patients and staff.

**General key skills**
- quick thinking abilities
- patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
- excellent attention to detail & timekeeping
- a methodical approach to tasks
- the ability to work well and under pressure
- empathy, understanding & a flexible attitude
- a desire to learn and improve
- the ability to use a computer competently

**Main Duties/Responsibilities**

As a Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker with **Medacs Healthcare**, you will
- Work alongside doctors, nurses and clinical staff to deliver safe, patient centred care.
- Actively support emergency admissions, planned admissions and post-surgery patients and their families, communicating information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding.
- Safely contribute to assessments and delivery of care
- Adhere to all required NHS policies
- Ideally have an SVQ level 3 in healthcare or equivalent, or be working towards this

**Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications**

Essential
- 12 months experience as a healthcare support worker/assistant in NHS hospitals



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