Gr - Healthcare Support Workers - Nhs Lothian

5 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

**HealthCare Support Workers**

**Band 3 & Trainee Band 3 Positions**

NHS Lothian are recruiting Health Care Support Workers and have opportunities available at Band 3 and Trainee Band 3 levels. We have an extensive range of specialties, covering a large geographical area.

We are looking for passionate, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals who put patients first and who will work within our values**. **By joining our friendly and supportive teams, NHS Lothian will provide you with the opportunity to gain a wide range of transferrable skills and experience. We offer full and part time hours and flexible shift patterns - NHS Lothian is a fantastic organisation and a great place to work

**Band 3 Trainee Healthcare Support worker**
- You will be paid at a Band 2 level, while undertaking educational and clinical competencies to enable you to take on the full range of duties within the Band 3 Job descriptions. Following successful completion of the training program you will progress into the Band 3 pay scale, ideally within 9-12 months of starting.

**Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker**Spotlight on the Orthopaedic Support Discharge Team**

Exciting opportunities are available to join OSD Team within the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. We have a position for a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) and we are looking for passionate, caring, motivated people to join our highly skilled rehab team.

We offer the opportunity to work with a skilled team within a multidisciplinary environment and impact positively on the lives of thousands of patients and their families.

We have a vacancy for a HCSW who has a passion for care and rehabilitation to join our innovative and dynamic team within NHS Lothian orthopaedic pathway— providing you with the opportunity to gain a breadth of knowledge and exposure to multiple specialties.

**Roles**

To provide support with independent washing and dressing within patient's home environment. To provide support with independent meal making with patient's home environment. To provide prompting with medication as required.
- To provide support/supervision with patient's prescribed physiotherapy exercises.
- To encourage progression of mobility and transfer independence within patient's home and outdoors as advised by senior therapists.
- To communicate effectively with other HCSW and senior staff on shift to ensure consistent approach to care/rehab provision.
- To work 0700-1930 shift patterns (no night shifts), including weekends.
- To work autonomously in the community as a lone worker, managing multiple visits per day.
- To drive own vehicle or company car (manual gears), therefore the post requires applicant to have driving license.

Other opportunities are available, please see attached spotlights for further information.

You that will have the opportunity to discuss at interview which role is most suited to your current circumstances.

Following successful interview all roles will have Induction and a 12 week probation period, where full support will be given.

Please note that this advert is for substantive posts only and not the staff bank.

If you are currently working within NHS Lothian in a substantive Health Care Support Worker post, and wish to transfer to another area at the same grade, an option that is available to you is the internal transfer process. Please speak to your Charge Nurse for more information.

**Please note that we anticipate that the interviews for this advert will take place on the 7th, 8th, 9th May at the Comely Bank Centre in Edinburgh. These will be face to face interviews only.



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