# Healthcare Support Worker, NTC (AA)

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS Fife
- **Town:** Kirkcaldy
- **Region:** East of Scotland
- **Country:** Scotland
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £29,103 - £31,409
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T15:20:54.488Z
- **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=258991
- **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=258991
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhsfife.org

## Job Content

### Job details

- Job reference: 248589
- Salary: Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409)
- Job closing date: 28/07/2026
- Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
- Location: National Treatment Centre - Fife Orthopaedics
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 20 hours
- Job posted date: 14/07/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife
- Department: Orthopaedic Outpatient Department

The National Treatment Centre – Fife Orthopaedics is based within the grounds of the Victoria Hospital and provides care for elective orthopaedic patients.  The centre has 3 theatres, a 7 bedded recovery area, a 33-bedded inpatient ward and a dedicated Orthopaedic Outpatient Department. NHS Fife Orthopaedics have led the way in delivering an innovative and excellent service, currently providing same day major joint replacement surgery, implementing the philosophy of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and providing excellent standards of care.

We are looking for 2 motivated and enthusiastic Health Care Support Workers to join our NHS Fife Elective Orthopaedic Outpatient nursing team in our new, state of the art, purpose built Orthopaedic centre.

The Outpatient Department delivers consultant, nurse and AHP led clinics, seeing both elective and fracture/trauma outpatients, featuring innovative digital design to deliver excellent forward thinking care.

These posts will suit enthusiastic candidates who would like to develop skills in a friendly and supportive team within this new dynamic service.  We are looking for caring and compassionate Health Care Support Workers with an interest in orthopaedic skill development to provide exceptional care to our patients. Successful candidates will be offered excellent learning opportunities and experiences for professional and personal development in line with the 2030 nursing vision.

The successful candidates must have effective communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. Personal qualities should include exemplary organisational skills together with a motivated positive approach and the ability to work productively within the team.

There are two 20 hour positions available and each post’s hours will be split over 4 days.  The days will change on a rotational basis to meet the needs of the service.

We would encourage potential candidates to contact us to have a chat about the role and service.

Informal enquiries to SCN Yvonne Robson, email yvonne.robson@nhs.scot or C/N Fiona Stewart, email Fiona.stewart6@nhs.scot Telephone: 01592 643355 ext 2051

Salary is pro rata for part time hours if applicable

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.

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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 248589 Job Description (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1172789&JobId=258991)
- [F 248589 Person Specification (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1172790&JobId=258991)
- [NHS Fife - Terms & Conditions January 2024 (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1172788&JobId=258991)

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