Health Care Support Worker Hawick Community Hospital

OUR VALUES IN ACTION

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

Are you innovative, enthusiastic, motivated and committed to providing high quality care and treatment?

If so, we have an opportunity to join our small but supportive team at Hawick community Hospital. We have 23 inpatient beds, a minor injuries unit and day hospital.

The Healthcare Support Worker plays a significant role in patient’s recovery. We provide person centred rehabilitation and re-enablement for patients from our local community and this will be a challenging and exciting opportunity to enable the individual to develop new and enhance existing skills. The successful candidates will need to be passionate about dementia care and demonstrate their enthusiasm and motivation to make a real difference working within our trust values. They must be able to work as part of a team but also under their own initiative.

Cared for by a multidisciplinary team led by Practitioners, Nursing and Therapeutic staff, individuals are supported to achieve their goals. This may follow a period of a hospital admission or a period of being unwell at home in which the unit may be a more suitable environment to provide this individualised care. We also provide nursing support to patients who have reached their end of life. The emphasis is to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring excellent care which is safe, effective, personalised and compassionate and to the standards you would expect for your family and friends.

Shifts include long days and nights including weekends and bank holidays.

For further information please contact Senior Charge Nurse Denise west or Charge Nurse Isobel sloan on 01450 372162 for further information or an informal discussion.

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

*Please note: For part time posts the salary shown is 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.