Healthcare Support Worker

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a health care support worker to join the Dunfermline locality District Nursing Team. You must have excellent organisational skills, effective communication and interpersonal skills, be a team player and have a genuine interest in working in the community.

• Deliver excellent evidence based treatment and care to house bound patients.
• Prevent unnecessary admission and support earliest possible discharge from hospital.
• Support the District Nursing Team across the Fife‑wide division and provide evening cover as required.
• Work within a 7 day, 24 hour Community Nursing Service, including weekends and public holidays.

• Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Previous community experience and phlebotomy skills are an advantage.
• Appropriate SVQ desirable.
• Right to work in the United Kingdom or eligibility to be sponsored.

Salary is pro rata to part-time hours.

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 sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family‑friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, 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. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.