# Healthcare Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Fife. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker/f35ea402-0f83-4117-954e-a509d1b1805a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker/f35ea402-0f83-4117-954e-a509d1b1805a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Fife - **Location:** Queen Margaret Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £29,103 - £31,409 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T15:23:01.827Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=258966 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=258966 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsfife.org ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 248564 - Salary: Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409) - Job closing date: 03/11/2026 - Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery - Location: Queen Margaret Hospital - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 36 - Job posted date: 20/10/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife - Department: Ward 2 - Mental Health We seek a driven individual to join our Adult Acute Admissions Inpatient Team which is a dynamic multidisciplinary team within Ward 2, Queen Margaret Hospital. Ward 2 provides acute inpatient mental health care to a mixed population of up to 30 patients within our hospital site at Whitefield Road, Dunfermline. You will be a key member of our multi-disciplinary team, adopting a pro-active, therapeutic person centred approach to care delivery. You will work alongside registered nurses, occupational therapists and other members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver care to a patient group who experience a range of mental health problems which may impact on their wellbeing, safety and day to day functioning. You will be expected to contribute to the assessments and delivery of care in a person centered manner following guided evidence based practice. You will be expected to work autonomously at times following direction and as part of a team. Mental Health Services are committed to individual development through the provision of protected CPD time and opportunities for professional and personal development, reviewed through the TURAS system. For informal enquiries, please contact Rachael McBride, Senior Charge Nurse by e-mail at rachael.mcbride2@nhs.scotOr Lynne Black, Lead Nurse at lynne.black@nhs.scot 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. A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. 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. 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. 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. ## Documents - [248564 - Person Spec (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1212549&JobId=258966) - [248564 - Job Description (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1212547&JobId=258966) - [NHS Fife - Terms & Conditions January 2024 (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1212542&JobId=258966) ## 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.