Senior Health Care Support Worker - Treatment Room inRutherglen inRutherglen PUBLISHED THU 19 DEC 2024

The Role

The post holder will carry out duties involving direct patient care as delegated by the registered nurse. Will regularly work without supervision after appropriate training/induction to provide care and support to patients/relatives/carers The post holder will ensure a person centred approach to care delivery which is safe and effective to ensure and maintain quality strategy.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• SVQ III in healthcare, or working towards, or equivalent experience working within a caring environment/role.
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary/agency team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to carry out assigned patient care tasks effectively within a busy environment.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• To actively participate in the Personal Development Plan process to fulfil the requirements of continuing professional development.
• Working knowledge of basic information technology
  
  

It would be great if you also have

• Basic wound management skills
• Previous experience working in the community
• Direct one to one care experience
• Wide range of caring experience
• Awareness of current developments in primary care
• Knowledge of approaches to risk management
• Knowledge and awareness of developments in the community
• Knowledge and awareness of supports for older people
• Ability to demonstrate excellent team leadership skills and ability to work using own initiative
• Good time management skills
• Telephone, fax skills
• Required to be flexible in post
• Car driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence (for peripatetic role)
  
  

Contract type

Permanent

Part time

29.6 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Treatment Room within Rutherglen Primary Care Centre

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Louise Huxtable, Team Leader on

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Adnan Saddique, Recruitment Administrator on (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some Of NHS Lanarkshire’s Benefits Include

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures
  
  

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
• For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbli4NDP note that our correspondence method is by e-mail, therefore please ensure you enter your email address accurately
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• Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments
  
  

In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

• Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
  
  

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

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