Lead Nurse - NHS FIFE CANDIDATES ONLY

NHS Scotland; Scotland; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare service in Scotland seeks a passionate Lead Nurse for their Hospital at Home service. This role entails overseeing strategic and operational aspects, managing multidisciplinary teams, and enhancing community-based acute care delivery in Fife. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse with significant leadership experience in community healthcare, skilled in clinical judgement and team empowerment. Opportunities for professional development are offered in a progressive work environment.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Access to NHS pension scheme

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in leadership and management within community healthcare.
• Ability to inspire and empower a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the strategic and operational delivery of Hospital at Home Service.
• Provide clinical and professional leadership to Hospital at Home teams.
• Manage a workforce of approx. 60 WTE staff across Fife.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Team empowerment

Education

Master’s or degree level qualification in nursing

Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Job description

Are you an experienced nursing leader passionate about delivering hospital-level care in the comfort of people’s homes? We’re looking for a Fife Wide Hospital at Home Lead Nurse to join our innovative and expanding Hospital at Home service.

About the Role:

As the Lead Nurse, you will oversee the strategic and operational delivery of Hospital at Home Service across Fife. You will manage multidisciplinary teams, influence care pathways, and play a vital role in shaping the future of community-based acute care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical and professional leadership to the Hospital at Home teams
• Drive service development and integrated working across sectors
• Manage and support a workforce of approx. 60 WTE staff across Fife
• Oversee governance, safety, and quality of care delivery
• Act as a key liaison with primary, secondary, and third sector partners
• Represent the service at local and national levels

What We’re Looking For:

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration
• Master’s or degree level qualification in nursing
• Proven leadership and management experience in community healthcare
• Excellent clinical judgement, organisational, and communication skills
• Experience in service development and multi‑agency working
• Ability to inspire, support and empower a high‑performing team
• Ability to travel across Fife in a timely manner

We Offer:

• A progressive and supportive work environment
• Opportunities for further professional development
• Involvement in service innovation and improvement
• Access to NHS pension scheme and staff benefits

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a service that keeps people at home, where they want to be, while receiving high‑quality acute care.

For informal enquires please, contact Leesa Radcliffe Clinical Services Manager – [e-mail].

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.

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 website here.

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 found here.

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 sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

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.

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.