About The Organisation
As Scotland’s smallest health board, NHS Orkney is committed to delivering excellent care to our 22,000 residents. Whether you’re new to the NHS or bringing experience from elsewhere, your skills will make a real difference.
Our modern healthcare facility, The Balfour, brings together inpatient care, emergency services, outpatient clinics, diagnostics, GP practices and the Scottish Ambulance Service. We’re also investing in services across our outer isles, ensuring high‑quality care reaches every corner of Orkney.
We are guided by our core values that shape everything we do – Open and honest, Respect and Kindness – from how we care for our patients to how we support each other as colleagues.
About Orkney
With over 70 islands – 20 of them inhabited – Orkney offers a unique blend of natural beauty, close‑knit community and an opportunity for adventure. From dramatic coastlines and rare wildlife to rich cultural traditions and active lifestyles, it’s a place where compassion thrives and every day brings something new. Regularly named one of the UK’s best places to live, Orkney offers a lifestyle that’s both fulfilling and inspiring.
The Position
Are you passionate about delivering high‑quality, person‑centred care?
We’re looking for a dedicated Senior Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) to join our multidisciplinary team within our acute hospital services on a relief basis.
Role
* Deliver a wide range of patient care tasks with confidence and competence
* Help ensure high standards of nursing care are consistently maintained
* Follow NHS Orkney policies and contribute to a safe, supportive, and person‑centred environment
* Take part in ongoing personal and professional development to maintain and enhance your practice
The Candidate
You will hold an SVQ3 qualification or have equivalent knowledge gained through relevant experience, on‑the‑job training, and short courses.
An understanding of the importance of confidentiality is essential, as is the ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
You will also be confident using your own initiative and working with minimal supervision.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required, along with an awareness of infection control procedures and Data Protection requirements.
Location, Working Pattern and Contract Duration
* This post will be based at The Balfour
* The successful candidate will work: Relief
* This post is Relief
* It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NHS Orkney.
Benefits And Salary
The salary for this post is Band 3 and if residing on Orkney, you’ll also receive a Distant Islands Allowance of £1,657 pro rata per annum, adding extra value to your rewarding career with us.
NHS Orkney also offers an attractive pension scheme, wide range of work‑life balance policies, employee assistance programme and various discounts to both local and national retailers.
Further Information
If you share our vision and are ready to be part of Team Orkney, we’d love to hear from you. Your rewarding career starts here!
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If there are additional requirements you would like to request, please contact ork.recruitment@nhs.scot
For further guidance on the recruitment process and tips for creating a strong application, please refer to our Candidate Application Pack.
To find out more about this opportunity
Please contact Michelle Mackie, Lead Midwife and Interim Deputy Director of Nursing on michelle.mackie@nhs.scot
This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.
Equal Opportunities
NHS Orkney is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Candidate Guidance
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third‑party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies.
Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
Please note this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.
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