Health Care Support Worker

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.

OUR VALUES IN ACTION

• Care and Compassion • Quality and Teamwork • Dignity and Respect • Openness, honesty and responsibility

BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Band 2 Health Care Support Workers

Various Hours per week – Permanent Contracts

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This Job is for you if you are looking to:

• Give excellent patient experiences to the population of the Borders.
• Step into Nursing or Healthcare.

Looking for:

• A dynamic working environment across clinical areas, ranging from Medical, Surgical, Emergency care and the Discharge Lounge.
• A change of career.

If the answers are yes and you are caring, compassionate, person focused and able to think out of the box then we want you!

We are recruiting to several permanent Health Care Support Worker posts at Band 2 across the Borders General Hospital.

Clinical Experience would be desirable but not essential as you will receive first class training on the job and through our education centre. What we are interested in is your passion for working in healthcare and your potential to contribute to high patient quality care and be able to demonstrate NHS Borders Values.

If you have a preference for a specific area of interest please state this on you application form

Informal enquiries to:

Surgical: Geoff Anderson - Geoff.anderson@nhs.scot

Orthopaedics: Leanne Carruthers - Leanne.carruthers@nhs.scot

Emergency Department: Kirsty Anderson - Kirsty.anderson@nhs.scot or Lesley Anderson - Lesley.anderson@nhs.scot

Medical Assessment: Louise McIntosh - louise.mcintosh@nhs.scot

Stroke/Margaret Kerr Unit: Heather Hawkins - heather.hawkins@nhs.scot

Medicine: Margaret Stewart - margaret.stewart@nhs.scot

Medicine for the Elderly: Lorna Wilson - Lorna.wilson@nhs.scot

Discharge Lounge: Jane Kennedy - jane.kennedy@nhs.scot

Please note: the salary quoted is for full-time hours (37 hrs per week). For appointments to part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rata.

PLEASE NOTE WE ANTICIPATE A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN THIS POSITION AND MAY CLOSE THE ADVERT ONCE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED, THEREFORE PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AT AN EARLY STAGE