Senior Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 23
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Healthcare Support Worker to join the Bignold Ward team at Caithness General Hospital. This is a busy 24-bed post-acute and rehabilitation ward caring for patients with complex conditions. You will be supported in training to deliver high-standard, evidence-based patient-centred care, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team. Key duties include implementing rehabilitation goals, providing pressure area care, and personal care to vulnerable patients. This is a permanent part-time post of 23 hours, working rotational day/night shifts.
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £29,103 – £31,409 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
258350
Salary:
Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409)
Job closing date:
20/09/2026
Job Type:
Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
Caithness General Hospital
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
23
Job posted date:
01/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Highland
Department:
North Acute Medical (CGH)
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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.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced, HCSW to join our friendly team within the Bignold Ward at Caithness General Hospital, Wick.
We are a busy 24 bed post- acute and rehabilitation ward. We care for a variety of complex conditions such as stroke and neurological conditions, orthopaedics and elderly care; this has led our team to develop an advanced skill set in many different areas of nursing.
As a HCSW, you will be supported in completing further training and gaining the experience needed to deliver a high standard of evidence based patient centred care. You will be working closely with the multi-disciplinary
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