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Job reference: 225111
Salary: Band 2 (£25,694 - £27,900)
Job closing date: 09/11/2025
Job Type: Personal and Social Care
Location: Wade Centre
Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment
Hours Per Week: 18.25
Job posted date: 24/10/2025
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Highland
Department: The Wade Centre, Kingussie

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Social Care Assistant required for Care of the Elderly within a residential care setting . Experience in working with older adults preferable but not essential as full training will be provided.

Role is shift work and would require flexibility to work days, evening and occasional night shifts.

Informal enquiries to Catherine Gillies Tel: 01540 661833 E-mail: catherine.gillies2@nhs.scot


Short-listed applicants may be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Closing Date for Applications: 09/11/2025

Job Ref: RT1 251556

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.

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.



Care and compassion

Dignity and respect

Openness, honesty and responsibility

Quality and teamwork


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