Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Who We Are

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.

Position

An opportunity has arisen for a permanent Senior Healthcare Support Worker based at Central Clinic, Kilmarnock.

What You Will Do

Working as a Community Healthcare Support worker within the Kilmarnock District Nursing team within East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership you will have experience

You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work on your own initiative, and a lone worker working within a variety of settings within the community. You should be able to provide evidence of personal development and a willingness to undertake appropriate training.

Essential

• BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Requires to have post graduate training in relevant speciality, or experience equivalent to a Masters Level. This would include inpatient and outpatient experience, and would also include membership of Royal College of Occupational Therapy Special Interest Groups
• Must have substantial and varied clinical experience of working in a relevant speciality at an advanced level.
• Current Health and Care Professions Council Registration
• Evidence of excellence in clinical knowledge and skills.
• Excellent communication skills particularly with multi-agencies.
• Evidence of clinical leadership and supervision.
• Committed to team & personal development with evidence of self-directed learning.
• Effective team worker.
• Ability to work independently, using initiative, and to cope well under pressure.
• Effective organisational and time management skills
• Advanced skills in research & audit

Further Post Graduate Certificates and Diplomas

• Relevant Post Graduate Courses –relevant courses related to clinical speciality

Knowledge of local and national policies related to speciality

• Formal appraisal training experience.
• Information technology skills.

Mandatory and Statutory training (MAST) and role specific MAST Hours

37 per week.

Full UK Driving Licence/Access To a Vehicle

Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential to this role.

INFO

If you want to find out more about the role, please contact:
Nicola Robb, Charge Nurse via  by email N or Lyn Blain, Clinical Team Leader, via or by email Anne.

Blaint.nhs.u

From 1 April 2026, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change staff in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37 to 36 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings. Additional Information For Overseas Candidates

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. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this well as what your responsibilities include can be found within the attached Candidate Information Pack.

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.

The Recruitment Team are unable to answer individual queries at application stage about this, please visit here for further information.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.

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