Overview
Band 3 Health Care Support Worker, District Nurse Evening Service. 10 hours per week. An opportunity has arisen for a health care support worker to join our South DN evening service based within Hawick Community Hospital. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a community setting, supporting patients in their own homes in the evening period. We are committed to delivering high quality, person-centred care to those on our caseload. As a HCSW you would provide support to members of the nursing team in delivering holistic person-centred care to patients and their families/carers whilst under direct and indirect supervision.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an internal vacancy open to current NHS Scotland staff.
Key Responsibilities
* Continue scheduled visits from the Day Team working alongside a registered nurse
* Respond to unscheduled care needs in collaboration with BUCS
* Deliver care in partnership with the wider health and social care team
Requirements
* Excellent communication skills and a caring, adaptable approach
* Community nursing experience is desirable but not essential
* A full driving licence is essential, access to a car with flexibility to travel across neighbouring localities to meet service need
* Flexible working is essential, working to support the needs of the service
* Desirable - SVQ2 or 3 alongside health care experience
For Further Information Please Contact
Claire Grant, District Nurse Team Lead 01721 722080
As from 1 April 2026 the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit the GOV.UK website.
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 Visas 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. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found.
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
* PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early
* Please note: As this is a part time post the salary shown will be pro rata
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.
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