Integrated Front Door Service Specialist Nurse

NHS National Services Scotland; Scotland; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Scotland is offering an exciting opportunity for Specialist Nurses to join an evolving Integrated Front Door team. You will support direct admissions and the care of patients in a virtual ward. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication skills and a commitment to patient care, along with the ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team. This is a permanent role with a salary range of £41,608 to £50,702 per annum plus a Distant Islands Allowance.

Qualifications

• Committed to providing a high standard of patient care.
• Ability to contribute to the local development of primary care and acute services.
• Required to hold a driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Support direct admission and care of patients in the virtual ward.
• Interact effectively within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Promote innovation within front door services.

Skills

Good communication skills

Commitment to developing change

Ability to work as part of a team

Job description

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.

Integrated Front Door Service

Specialist Nurse

Band 6 £41,608 - £50,702 per annum

Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,406 per annum

37 hours per week

Permanent post

We have an exciting opportunity for Specialist Nurses to join an evolving Integrated Front Door team.

These posts will be based primarily within Hospital at Home supporting direct admission and the care of patients in the virtual ward. There is a vision to expand the service in line with Scottish Government initiatives. Applicants should be committed to providing a high standard of patient care and interact well within the multi-disciplinary Team.

Applicants should have good communication skills, and a commitment to developing change and promote innovation within the front door services. Post holders are required to hold a driving licence.

The ability, drive and commitment to work as part of a team, sometimes at a distance, and to contribute to the local development of primary care and acute services is important.

For further information regarding this post, please contact Janette Murray, Urgent and Unscheduled Care Programme Manager, [e-mail].

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

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

Tha beàrnan-obrach NHS Eilean Siar uile gu léir a' nochdadh air làrach-lìn NHS na h-Alba https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/, còmhla ri dealbh-obrach.

If you have any further queries, please contact Tel: [phone].

CLOSING DATE 12/12/2025