GR - Trainee Healthcare Support Worker - West Lothian React Care Team

Healthcare Support Workers A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the following link: Recruitment Process We Use a Values And Competency Based Recruitment Process That Is Linked To The Ambitions Set Our In Our Strategic Plan. Click The Link Below For More Information On Our Interview Questions Trainee Healthcare Support Workers - West Lothian React Care Team Exciting opportunity is available to join the React Care Team within West Lothian St Johns. We have various Trainee Band 3 Full Time - Fixed Term (1 Year) positions available and we are looking for passionate, caring, motivated people to join our skilled nursing/rehab/palliative Care Team. We offer the opportunity to work with our dedicated team within patients own homes supported by a highly skilled multidisciplinary team of therapist and nurses and impact positively on the lives of thousands of patients and their families within West Lothian. Duties And Responsibilities Within your duties you are expected to be able to delivery every aspect of personal care. To be able to differentiate between care, palliative and rehab patients and deliver care at the appropriate level of care to each group of patients. To recognises signs of deterioration and escalate this appropriately to the pertinent senior. Shift patterns Combination of early shifts 08:30-14:30hrs or 09:00-15:00hrs depending on finishing time the previous day and or late shifts 16:00-22:00hrs Loan working is a major part of the job along with nighttime driving. Using a reliance safety device to protect loan working. Please note, a driving license, and access to a car, is essential for this post. For more information, please contact Senior Charge Nurse, Patricia Mullen on patricia.mullen@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. Alternatively contact Lead Manager, Paula Bigger on paula.bigger@nhslothian/scot.nhs.uk. Your Application AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application - but your answers must be your own. Show us the real you: your application should reflect your skills, experience and motivations authentically Use AI wisely: it's fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don't let it write your answers Why this matters? Applications that rely on AI generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you - not an AI tool. As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected About If you are an internal NHS Lothian Band 3 candidate we will not proceed with shortlisting and interview and instead you will move to our internal transfer process. To find out more about the internal transfer process, please click on the link below: If you would like to arrange a stay and grow conversation to discuss your career, career pathways and opportunities within NHS Lothian please click on the link below:

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