Healthcare Support Worker

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Healthcare Support Worker Band 3 - Front Door Services (Acute Assessment Unit/Emergency Department)

We are looking for an experienced Healthcare Support worker at band 3 level who is competent in Venepuncture, Cannulation and ECG performing, to join our team in AAU/ED. This is a rotational post between AAU and ED allowing the successful candidate a varied working experience.  This is a new post allowing us to replace the displaced pathways caused by COVID. This is a great time to join the teams of Unscheduled care within the BGH as we realign and develop services. It is also an opportunity for you to make a stamp on a new service. When you join us, you will be working with 3 other Healthcare Supper workers, 2 Registered Nurses an Advanced Care Practitioner along with medical colleagues to deliver excellent care to the people of the borders. The AAU sees patients who have been referred into them via the GP the patient groups are mainly medical but we do have surgical and gynae hot clinics that run daily.

We are offering this post at 23 hours per week. Initially this will be working 8am to 6pm over the 5 days a week but as the service develops it is expected that this will be a 12 hour shift pattern over Monday to Friday. As there will be a rotation into the ED as the service develops this will be a 12 hour shift pattern with occasional nights.

We are looking forward to you becoming part of our team and working with us to develop a new service.

Informal visits and enquiries encouraged.

Contact Alan Milne Clinical Nurse Manager alan.milne4@nhs.scot for further information.

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

*Please note: As this is a part time post the salary shown will be pro rata*

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period, for which you would be paid, until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Hiring Manager. 

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.