# Healthcare Support Worker (AA) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Fife. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker-aa/d323ec51-d017-4d5c-8444-08b9d724971d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker-aa/d323ec51-d017-4d5c-8444-08b9d724971d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Fife - **Town:** Kirkcaldy - **Region:** East of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £26,696 - £28,988 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-23T11:00:21.268Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=255863 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=255863 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsfife.org ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 245465 - Salary: Band 2 (£26,696 - £28,988) - Job closing date: 06/08/2026 - Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery - Location: Victoria Hospital - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 36 - Job posted date: 23/07/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife - Department: Children's ward Within the Women and Children’s Directorate, an opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, conscientious Health Care Support Worker to join our team. The paediatric unit consists of an ambulatory care department, an acute medical paediatric ward and outpatient departments in Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, flexible individual to join our current team of staff. The successful candidates will be required to provide basic care of children and their parents, maintain a high standard of hygiene and maintain the provisions necessary for nursing and medical staff to offer quality care. You will be given a full Orientation Programme during which you will be supernummery and have the opportunity to work with the Paediatric Education Facilitator. Full support will be given to develop this role. Informal enquiries: SCN Pauline Hunter on 01592 643355 Ext.29047 A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. 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. 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 GOV.UK website here. For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.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 sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. 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. 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. ## Documents - [F 245465 Job Description (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1172602&JobId=255863) - [F 245465 Person Specification (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1176563&JobId=255863) - [NHS Fife - Terms & Conditions January 2024 (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1172600&JobId=255863) ## 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.