# Clinical Support Worker, Prisons > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Forth Valley. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-support-worker-prisons/0a92c32b-00fa-4cf6-8ea2-ba416ba2d6bd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-support-worker-prisons/0a92c32b-00fa-4cf6-8ea2-ba416ba2d6bd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Forth Valley - **Location:** NHS Forth Valley Prisons - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £29,103 - £31,409 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-19T10:52:41.890Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=265116 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=265116 - **Employer website:** https://nhsforthvalley.com ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 254707 - Salary: Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409) - Job closing date: 02/09/2026 - Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery - Location: NHS Forth Valley Prisons - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 26.5 - Job posted date: 19/08/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Forth Valley - Department: Prison Healthcare This is a diverse role which involves the day to day delivery of a high standard of support to the nursing team whilst also working autonomously within competencies, to a population who have a complex range of mental health, physical, psychological, substance misuse and social problems whilst maintaining a high level of awareness of and compliance with security procedures within the prison setting at HMP Glenochil. The Clinical Support Worker is an integral role in the extensive multi disciplinary team, whose overall aim is to improve the physical, mental health and wellbeing of prisoners, to support rehabilitation and to contribute to the offender outcome strategy by supporting clinicians in their provision of high quality, effective and efficient care to individual patients at whatever their point of need is in their healthcare journey. The ability to demonstrate high quality, person–centred care and good team working is essential. Keenness towards developing practice with appropriate and satisfactory clinical and interpersonal skills is necessary. Applications are invited from those with relevant experience in healthcare, SVQ3/relevant healthcare experience and competency in Venepuncture. The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk NHS Forth Valley is an Anchor Organisation. All Interviews will be conducted in person. For informal enquiry please contact Primary Care Team Leader Allan.McInally@nhs.scot, Team leader or Fiona Donnelly, Fiona.donnelly@nhs.scot, Healthcare Manager ### **Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage** ### Certificate of Sponsorship Applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK are advised to carefully review the eligibility criteria for the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa routes. NHS Forth Valley may be able to offer sponsorship for certain roles, provided the post meets the minimum salary threshold and any other required criteria. If you are currently working in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa, transitional arrangements may apply. Please note that sponsorship is not guaranteed and is assessed on a case-by-case basis following interview and at the commencement of pre-employment checks. For further information on visa requirements and sponsorship eligibility, please refer to the UK Government guidance. It is also recommend that anyone applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad read the following guidance: Applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 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 that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail, therefore please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and your Jobtrain account for updates. NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview. ## Documents - [254707 Job Description (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1182179&JobId=265116) - [NHS Forth Valley - Candidate Information Pack (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1182177&JobId=265116) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.