Staff Nurse - #187333

We welcome applications for a Staff Nurse within the Outpatient department Queen Margaret Hospital for a fixed term post or secondment for 20 months.

The Outpatient department houses a huge diversity of services including nurse led clinical delivery. You are required to have good communication skills, be flexible and adaptable and have the ability to work well within a team whilst using your own initiative.

You will be expected to carry out assigned tasks involving direct patient care and be involved in the smooth running of the department. There is an opportunity to participate and develop new skills after a period of supported learning.

This post is 33 hours and shift pattern is to meet the needs of services within our busy acute settings. You must be committed to providing flexibility to work across both acute sites.

Applications on a secondment basis will be considered providing you have prior agreement from your current line manager.

For informal enquiries please contact Senior Charge Louise Jones or Charge Nurse Natalie Wright on 01383 623623 ext 24228.

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

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.

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.

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.