Healthcare Support Worker
Job Description
Health Care Support Worker in the stroke rehabilitation unit. Letham is a Stroke Rehabilitation Unit within the Specialist Inpatient & Outreach Services which provides hospital based care.
We are looking for someone who possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You must have a genuine interest in working within this area and will have the opportunity to learn and develop specialist skills in the assessment and care of stroke patients.
You will be supported in your role with ongoing training which includes the completion of specific stroke care competencies.
For informal enquiries please contact Senior Charge Nurse Shirley Ward on .
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.
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, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service.
As part of the pre employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. This can be evidenced through a number of routes including visa, EU settled and pre settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website.
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, and candidates with long term conditions or who are neuro divergent 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. 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.
