Lead Nurse,

NHS National Services Scotland; Forfar; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Lead Nurse for Angus HSCP in Scotland. The successful candidate will provide professional leadership, ensuring robust governance for nursing services, while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and excellence in patient care. This role requires an experienced nursing leader motivated to shape nursing practices and lead transformational changes. Ideal candidates will possess a registered nursing qualification and demonstrate strong leadership capabilities. This is a full-time position with a commitment to a 37-hour workweek.

Qualifications

• Experienced nursing leader with a strong background in providing professional leadership.
• Ability to develop a skilled nursing workforce aligned to needs.
• Commitment to values of dignity, respect, and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for nursing services.
• Ensure clinical and care governance arrangements are robust.
• Promote continuous improvement and excellence in patient safety.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical governance

Continuous improvement

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Advanced Clinical Practice certificate

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.

NHS TAYSIDE

Lead Nurse, Angus HSCP Band 8B

With effect from 01 April 2026, NHS Scotland is reducing its full time working week from 37 to 36 hours per week, there will be no change in full time pay.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Nurse within Angus HSCP, a partnership committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care and transformational change. We are seeking an experienced nursing leader who shares our values of strength-based, trauma-informed, and relational practice.

Angus HSCP provides a wide range of services and our partnership is on a progressive journey of service transformation, and you will join us at a pivotal time as we advance our improvement ambitions for community health services.

We are looking for an exceptional leader who can inspire and influence across organisational boundaries. Key priorities of the role include provision of professional leadership and direction for nursing services; ensure robust clinical and care governance arrangements; develop and maintain a highly skilled nursing workforce aligned to population needs and promote a culture of continuous improvement, professional development, and excellence in patient safety and care.

If you are motivated by the opportunity to shape nursing and lead transformational change within Angus HSCP, we would love to hear from you.

NHS Tayside is a Values Based Organisation and is both passionate about and committed to the values of NHS Scotland which are:

• Dignity and Respect
• Openness, Honest and Responsibility
• Quality and Teamwork
• Care and Compassion

Hours of work are: 37 per week.

For informal enquiries please contact: Grace Gilling, Nurse Director on [e-mail] or via 01738 562471