Community Staff Nurse AA

NHS Scotland; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Family-friendly policies

Equality and diversity commitment

Job summary

NHS Scotland is recruiting registered nurses to support children and young people with complex health needs across Glenmar, private residencies across Fife and education settings. Under supervision, you will deliver safe, high-quality care, provide training and supervision to junior staff, and ensure care plans are followed in collaboration with multiagency partners.

PVG scheme membership is a requirement. Flexible working and family-friendly policies are in place to support staff, with

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse.
• Experience with children and young people with exceptional health care needs is advantageous.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Ability to work as part of a multiagency team.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and support to children and young people with exceptional healthcare needs.
• Train and supervise other nurses, healthcare support workers, education and social care staff and students.
• Ensure Child’s Plan is met and support junior staff and parents in daily care delivery.
• Collaborate with multiagency partners to ensure safe, effective care.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Communication skills

Teamwork

Multiagency working

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Due to an expansion of our service an excellent opportunity has become available to support our children and young people with additional complex health needs in a variety of settings - Glenmar (Residential House), Private residencies across Fife and Education settings. This service is managed as part of the wider Children & Young People’s Community Nursing Service (CYPCNS). We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, flexible and self motivated registered nurses who are committed to the provision of safe, effective child centred quality care. We work closely with all our partners across Health & Social care, 3rd Sector as well as Education.

Under the supervision of the Nurse Team Leader, the post holder will provide nursing care and support to children & young people with exceptional health care needs. You will ensure high standards of care are delivered. This will be achieved by providing training and supervision to other nurses, healthcare support workers, education and social care staff and students in clinical skills relevant to children with exceptional healthcare needs.

Alongside the Nurse Team Leader you will be involved in ensuring all aspects of the Child’s Plan are being met as well as supporting and supervising more junior members of staff and parents in the day-to-day delivery of care.

The successful candidate must be a registered nurse. Previous experience of working with children and young people with exceptional healthcare needs would be advantageous. Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as is the ability to work as part of a multiagency team.

You will be given all appropriate training required to undertake this role and benefit from working alongside a team of knowledgeable, experienced staff and given the opportunity for ongoing professional development.

For informal enquiries, please contact Jennifer Murphy (Nurse Team Leader) [e-mail], Michelle Henvey (Nurse Team Leader) [e-mail]

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

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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.