Healthcare Support Worker

Queen Margaret Hospital

NHS Fife Older Adult Community Mental Health Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate individual with experience of working with older adults with mental illness to join our Older Adult Community Mental Health Team as a Community Healthcare Support Worker. This post is within the Older Adult Community Mental Health Team for West Fife, based in Queen Margaret Hospital.

The successful applicant will have knowledge of and experience in dealing with issues relating to the health and wellbeing of older adults with mental illness. They will be able to engage with patients to support their recovery and personal outcomes.

We are seeking a confident individual who has the skills to deal with at times challenging situations as a lone worker in a variety of community settings and in clinic settings within the department across the West Fife geographical area. You will hold your own caseload and support the community mental health nurses who will offer direction to you in supporting them in clinical assessments and delivering programmes of care.

They must have a proactive, positive approach, good communication skills and have the ability to work effectively both individually and as part of a multidisciplinary team whilst maintaining high standards of quality care.

There is a need to use IT systems such as Microsoft Office and Morse

Successful applicants will receive a full induction, and supervision, and there will be an expectation that staff will either have, or work towards, SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care.

IT IS VITAL THAT THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE CAN TRAVEL ACROSS A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IN A TIMELY MANNER WITHOUT RELYING ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

Working pattern The service operates within office hours Monday to Friday 0900-1700, although there may be the addition of weekend working in future.

For informal enquiries or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Nurse Team leader Tracy McEwan on [phone removed] ext 27085.

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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. 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.

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.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent 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.

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