Clinical Supervisor (Band 6 Nurse Practitioner Part Time Hours East) December 2025

NHS National Services Scotland; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare provider in Scotland is looking for a Nurse Practitioner to perform telephone assessments and provide clinical supervision within a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate will be a registered Adult Nurse with extensive experience in acute or primary care settings. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £41,608 to £50,702, along with various benefits such as 35 days annual leave and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Study bursaries

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Registered as an Adult Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register.
• Extensive post-registration experience in an acute or primary care setting.
• Ability to provide continuous clinical supervision and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-quality telephone assessments.
• Provide clinical supervision within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner providing clinical assessments.

Skills

Excellent clinical decision-making skills

Communication and interpersonal skills

Critical decision-making skills

Education

Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register

Post-registration experience, preferably in acute or primary care

Job description

Looking for a rewarding career in the NHS with an enhanced salary and benefits package?

A Nurse Practitioner looking for a new opportunity? Passionate about delivering exceptional patient care? Demonstrate a wide variety of experience within a clinical setting?

Who We Are

As NHS Scotland’s unique provider of a national tele‑health and tele‑care service, we deliver health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Where We Are

Our Regional Centres are located at Aberdeen, Cardonald, Clydebank, Dundee and South Queensferry. This role is advertised for our South Queensferry Regional Centre.

This Role

• Perform high‑quality telephone assessments and provide clinical supervision to members within a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner providing comprehensive telephone triage and clinical assessment to patients and/or their carers, resulting in safe and appropriate clinical decisions.
• Provide real‑time clinical support to NHS 24 frontline staff, resulting in safe, appropriate and person‑centred outcomes.
• Facilitate accurate healthcare information, self‑care advice and referrals to the appropriate level of care to meet holistic requirements.
• Use a variety of models to deliver clinical supervision to non‑clinical staff.

Who Are We Looking For

• Registered as an Adult Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register.
• Excellent clinical decision‑making skills, with the ability to provide continuous clinical supervision and leadership.
• Extensive post‑registration experience, preferably within an acute or primary care setting, with broad knowledge across a range of specialties.
• Critical decision‑making skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Our Enhanced Salary Package

NHS 24 offers a total reward package, with a permanent contract on Band 6 £41 608 – £50 702* (pro‑rata for part‑time hours). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.

Competitive hourly rates for working unsocial hours are added to the basic starting salary of £41 608.

• Basic hourly rate of £21.57
• Saturday / After 8pm weekday hourly rate of £32.34
• Sunday / Public holiday hourly rate of £43.13

Earning potential example: For Clinical Supervisors on a starting salary of £41 608 working 37.30 or 24 hours rotas with 5 out of 8 weekends, approximate monthly pay is:

Contracted hours: 37 – Monthly basic pay £3 467, monthly enhancements £1 248, monthly total £4 715.
Contracted hours: 30 – Monthly basic pay £2 811, monthly enhancements £1 011, monthly total £3 822.
Contracted hours: 24 – Monthly basic pay £2 248, monthly enhancements £809, monthly total £3 057.
* Figures shown are before deductions.

Shift patterns available

16, 24, 30 hours/week – average across an 8‑week rota pattern.

• 16 hrs – 8/8 weekends (working 8‑hr shifts)
• 24 hrs – 5/8 weekends
• 30 hrs – 5/8 weekends
• 30 hrs – 8/8 weekends

Example rotas are available in the job pack.

Additional Benefits

Many supportive policies to enhance the employee journey, including an Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and a range of learning and development.

• 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro‑rata
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e‑learning and classroom courses
• Enhanced pay for working out of hours (see above)
• Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency pension scheme
• NHS discounts on goods and services
• HELP, employee support and assistance

NHS 24 shift patterns command an average uplift of 33% in addition to the basic salary. This information is indicative only and cannot be taken as guaranteed.

Interested?

Please access the Digital Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Digital Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application.

We recommend that prior to application, candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy.

Our Mission

NHS 24 is committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to be themselves at work.

Equality and Inclusion

NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.

We are progressing an Anti‑Racism Action Plan to measure our progress toward becoming an anti‑racist organisation.

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