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We have an opportunity for several highly motivated Health Care Support Workers to join our team initially in Medical assessment unit. We take all medical admissions for assessment, it’s a very busy area with a high turnover of patients. Apply if you want to work in with a supportive team with opportunities to widen your knowledge and develop additional skills through appropriate training. Various hours available with 23 as the minimum per week, these posts are suitable for students studying healthcare related HNC at Borders College, please state in your application if you are a student in this area.
The successful applicant will play a vital role in supporting the Registered Band 5 nurses to deliver direct patient care under supervision and ensure patient safety is maintained by providing a high standard of nursing, whilst following all NHS Borders protocols.
The posts involve a shift pattern of days, nights, and weekends and require you to be flexible, the shifts are 11.5 hours (0730 to 2000, 1930 to 0800) Please indicate on your application how many hours you would like.
Please note - NHS Borders will be unable to support sponsorship for this post
Please note: the salary quoted is for full-time hours (37 hrs per week). For appointments to part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rata.
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 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 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 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