Borders General Hospital
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PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN INTERNAL VACANCY ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT NHS SCOTLAND STAFF
NHS Borders Outpatient Department currently deliver clinics to 26 specialties over 3 outpatient areas within Borders General Hospital. A vacancy has arisen within our Outpatient Department for an experiences band 3 various hours.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Worker (band 3) to join our established nursing team. You would be responsible in delivering unsupervised safe and effective care in an out-patient setting. The successful candidate will work closely supporting Consultants and Specialist Nurses with clinical and non-clinical practice.
If you are flexible, resourceful, have excellent verbal/written communication skills and aspire to deliver exceptional standards of care we would be very interested in hearing from you.
For further information and/or visit please contact Andrea Huggan, Senior Charge Nurse on 01896 826528
**PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early as this post may close earlier due to a high number of applications**
As from 1/4/26, 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.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy once a sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, please ensure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.-
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: .
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.
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 websitehere.
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 licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or going rate. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.
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 sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form
**PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early**
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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