Rehabilitation Support Worker (RSW)

Job details

• Job reference: 248241
• Salary: Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409)
• Job closing date: 09/06/2026
• Job Type: Allied Health Professions
• Location: Queen Margaret Hospital
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 2 x 25 and 2 x 35 hours
• Job posted date: 21/05/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife
• Department: Community Rehabilitation Team

Location: Queen Margaret Hospital Hours: 2 x 25 hours or 2 x 35 hours Please indicate preference for hours.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced RSW’s to join our Community Rehabilitation Team within the Dunfermline Locality.

The Community Rehabilitation Service provide rehabilitation to the adult population within the locality. This will be delivered to service users within their own home, homely setting or as an out-patient.

The primary function of this role will be to work with the Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy & Nursing Services within Intermediate Care to deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users mainly in their own homes, preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge from hospital. Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists & Nurses will provide specialist assessments to this patient group and allocate work to this post holder.

This post will deal with the function of daily care in the community, a service provided 365 days of the year from 0800-2200.

You will have an SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or equivalent. Experience working as a support worker would be desirable. It would be desirable to have experience working with older people as they are the main group of service users referred.Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team you will be expected to carry out ongoing treatment programmes for a mixed caseload of mainly older people. You will have good organisational skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work independently as well as within the team.

There may be occasions where you will be required to work in one of the other community hospital sites.You will require to work the hours flexibly over 7 days. Our service offers regular supervision, PDP and supports training opportunities. The ability to travel throughout the area is essential as this is a community post.Informal Enquiries: Nadia Breach Physio Team Lead, Margaret Malcolm OT Team Lead Nadia.breach@nhs.scot Margaret.malcolm@nhs.scot (01383) 674050AI 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 Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK 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 in the government website.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.

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.