Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker

Client Name: NHS Scotland

Location: NHS Fife

Role: Band 2 Healthcare support worker (HCA/HCSW)

Rates: £10 - 16

Shifts: Flexible hours, with shifts available throughout the day, night & at weekends across multiple NHS Fife locations.

Benefits:

• Access to Care4Carers to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
• Competitive pay rates
• First sight of agency HCSW/HCA shifts across multiple healthboards
• Next-day payroll
• Block bookings in your favourite locations
• Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant

Working alongside a friendly, welcoming team of dedicated professionals, you will be utilising these resources to provide care and support of the highest calibre to patients and staff.

General key skills

• quick thinking abilities
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• excellent attention to detail & timekeeping
• a methodical approach to tasks
• the ability to work well and under pressure
• empathy, understanding & a flexible attitude
• a desire to learn and improve
• the ability to use a computer competently

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As a Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker with Medacs Healthcare, you will

• Work alongside doctors, nurses and clinical staff to deliver safe, patient centred care.
• Actively support emergency admissions, planned admissions and post-surgery patients and their families, communicating information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding.
• Safely contribute to assessments and delivery of care
• Adhere to all required NHS policies
• Ideally have an SVQ level 3 in healthcare or equivalent, or be working towards this

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

Essential

• Minimum 6 months recent NHS hospital experience within the last 2 years.
• You will need to pass an enhanced background check

So, if you are a Band 2 Healthcare Support worker and believe you have what it takes to be a part of the outstanding team at Medacs Healthcare, apply today.