Domestic Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 2
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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
Join NHS Shetland's Domestic Services Department as a Domestic Support Worker, ensuring cleanliness for patient and colleague safety. This fixed-term role involves general cleaning duties like hoovering, mopping, and emptying bins. You will receive full training and support, contributing to the essential safe running of the Health Service in Shetland.
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 2 at £23,615 – £23,615 a year, across England.
This advert: £26,696 – £28,988 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
255964
Salary:
Band 2 (£26,696 - £28,988)
Job closing date:
30/08/2026
Job Type:
Support Services
Location:
Gilbert Bain Hospital
Employment type:
Fixed-term
Hours Per Week:
2
Job posted date:
17/08/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Shetland
Department:
Hotel Services - Domestic
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Job Advert
Domestic Support Worker (Ref: 255964)
Fixed term until 31/03/2027
2 Hours per week
Saturday & Sunday 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Exact times can be flexible by agreement
Band 2 - Salary Range £26,696 to £28,988 pro-rata per annum
Plus Distant Island Allowance of £2,578 pro-rata per annum
We believe in team-working, developing your skills and keeping you safe and well at work; by doing this we aim to fulfil our purpose of keeping areas clean for patients and colleagues to receive and provide safe, effective, quality care. We believe in supporting each other to achieve this and to help give service users as comfortable an experience as we can.
This contract is fixed-term until 31 st of March 2027. The reason for the fixed-term contract is funding.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic professional to join the team of domestics within NHS Shetland’s Domestic Services Department working.
Duties Include:
- Cleaning clinics, treatment r
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