An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Walk-In Service (Urgent Care) to provide healthcare worker support.
You will have excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to build effective working relationships within a demanding and busy service. Working alongside GPs, nurses, and non-clinical staff, your role would include supporting clinical staff to deliver safe, patient-centred care, taking clinical observations, effective management of equipment, stocking up store rooms and cupboards, general tidying of departments, covering staff breaks, escorting and assisting patients and general support and assistance within the Walk-In service centre.
You should have a SVQ Level 3 in Health Care or equivalent experience or be prepared to work towards this or a similar qualification. You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure. An ability to prioritise your own workload is essential. Previous hospital or caring experience is also desirable.
As part of your role, you will be expected to work in various NHS Fife locations: Walk-In Service (Urgent Care) at RWMH, VHK, QMH and SACH.
Informal Enquiries: Kerin Bell, Lead Nurse email: [email protected]
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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.
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