Health Care Support Worker

Equality & Diversity

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among its 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. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran is one of 14 territorial NHS Boards within NHS Scotland. In support of our core purpose of working together to achieve the healthiest life possible for everyone in Ayrshire and Arran, we are committed to a culture that is caring, safe and respectful.

Band 3 Staff Nurse within the busy Day Surgery Unit based at Ayr Hospital.

• Theatre: ensuring all equipment and accessories are available for surgery, transferring patients from pre‑op to theatre and then back to post‑op after the procedure, inputting data into the computer, ordering stock and monitoring stock levels.
• DSU ward: helping patients get ready for their procedures, venepuncture, cannulation, bladder scan and monitoring patients throughout the day, ordering stock and monitoring stock levels.
• Ophthalmology: helping get patients ready for their surgery, ordering stock and monitoring stock levels, monitoring patients following surgery.
• Clinic: chaperoning patients through examinations within the clinic room, checking urinalysis, carrying out flow and scans, phlebotomy and pregnancy tests where required, handing over to ward staff on admission.
• BMS Ward: monitoring patients throughout their stay, carrying out flow and scans, cannulation and venepuncture.
• Diagnostic Room: assisting patients throughout the procedure and assisting the scrub nurse by opening required equipment.

Training will be given to the successful candidate.

37 hours per week over 5 days. Hours vary depending on area working. This post is offered on a permanent basis.

Shirley Kelly, Charge Nurse,  or Elaine Abernethy, Charge Nurse, .

NHS Ayrshire and Arran has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship may access further information at the relevant immigration authority. It is essential that you confirm 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.