Healthcare Support Worker
Our Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan sets out our Vision, Ambitions and Values that enable excellent care for our patients and service users. A collaborative, person focused approach is at the very centre of everything we aspire to achieve, and necessary to deliver care that is high quality, compassionate, safe and effective.

We continue to work towards having a diverse and inclusive culture for people who work for us and use our services. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities.

Location: HMP Addiewell
Salary: Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409)
Job closing date: 27/10/2026
Employment type: Permanent
Hours per week: 36
Department: Primary Care

Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Addiewell
An exciting opportunity is available to join the Primary Care Team within HMP Addiewell. We have a Band 3 position available for a Healthcare Assistant and we are looking for a passionate, caring, motivated person to join our highly skilled nursing team.

This role requires you to provide high quality nursing care to patients with a variety of clinical needs in a ward setting, meeting the identified physical and psychological needs. The post holder will, when required, assist the registered nurse with the management of direct and in-direct patient care.

For more information, please reach out to Senior Charge Nurse, Lorraine Mitchell at Lorraine.Mitchell@nhs.scot

If you would like to have an informal visit or have a tour of any of our areas, please email the Generic Recruitment Team: loth.genericrecruitment@nhs.scot

Internal candidates: If you are an internal NHS Lothian Band 3 candidate we will not proceed with shortlisting and interview and instead you will move to our internal transfer process.

Agenda for Change: As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

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