Relief Senior Healthcare Support Worker

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 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.

Senior Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) – relief basis – multidisciplinary team within our acute hospital services.

Working under the support and supervision of a Registered Nurse, you will play a vital role in providing safe, effective, and compassionate care to our patients.

Responsibilities

• 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

You will hold an SVQ3 qualification or have equivalent knowledge gained through relevant experience, on‑the‑job training, and short courses. Understanding of confidentiality, ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, confidence using your own initiative and working with minimal supervision, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and awareness of infection control procedures and Data Protection requirements.

Base:
The Balfour. Working pattern:
Relief.

Contract:

Relief. You must live and remain a resident within the UK.

Salary:
Band 3. If residing on Orkney, a Distant Islands Allowance of £1,657 pro‑rata per annum is added. NHS Orkney offers an attractive pension scheme, work‑life balance policies, employee assistance programme, and various discounts.

We consider reasonable adjustments during recruitment. For guidance on the recruitment process, refer to the Candidate Application Pack.

If you share our vision and are ready to be part of Team Orkney, your rewarding career starts here!

Michelle Mackie, Lead Midwife and Interim Deputy Director of Nursing –
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NHS Orkney is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria and are a participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme.

Applicants should provide original and authentic responses within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence or other third‑party assistance to generate or significantly modify responses is discouraged. Failure to comply may result in withdrawal of the application.

Please note this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.