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Job reference: 102520
Salary: Band 3 (£21,709 - £23,603)
Job closing date: 30/06/2022
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Balivanich Clinic
Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 16/06/2022
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Western Isles
Department: Macmillan Team

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Macmillan Nursing

Healthcare Support Worker (Uist & Barra)

Band 3 £21,709 - £23,603 per annum

Plus Distant Islands Allowance £1,117 per annum

37.5 hours per week

Fixed term/secondment for 24 months



As part of The Scottish Government ‘Recovery and Redesign: An Action Plan for Cancer Services’ we have received funding for a project to support Action 3- a single point of contact: which aims to provide dedicated person-centred support through the cancer pathway.


With this funding we have an exciting opportunity to come and work with NHS Western Isles Macmillan Team in Uist and Barra as a Healthcare Support Worker in a fixed term/secondment post for 24 months.

You will be joining a welcoming, motivated and dynamic team delivering a high standard of cancer and palliative care to an island community. Supervision and support will be provided throughout the role.  


The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG Scheme (Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme). This post is not eligible for relocation expenses.


For further information or an informal discussion on this post please contact Mary Buchanan, Macmillan Team Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist/Team Lead, mary.buchanan2@nhs.scot


All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ along with a job description.


For any further queries please contact 01851 762000.


Closing date: 30th June 2022


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