Specialist Nurse (The Promise), Inverness

Job Description

Post Title: Specialist Nurse (The Promise)
Location: Inverness
Hours: 37 hours per week
Duration: 23 Months
Salary: £41,608 - £50,702 p.a.

This is a secondment opportunity. Please ask for your line manager's permiison before applying.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Details: Lorna Renwick Tel: 01463 702296

Job Purpose: Are you a registered nurse with an interest in working with children, young people and families and wishing to develop your knowledge and skills - If so, we have an opening for a Specialist Nurse (School Years) The Promise, working as part of Health and Social Care in The Highland Council.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Prior to confirming appointment, we will require successful candidates to become members of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

Short listed applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

• 1st level nurse registration
• Educated to degree level
• Evidence of experience in public health nursing and/or health promotion and protection
• Experience working with Getting it Right or evidence of GIRFEC Module (Stirling University)

 

This position is classified as a regulated role. As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. Specifically, this check will be necessary if you do not meet both of the following criteria:

• You must be a national of the United Kingdom or one of the following countries: Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, or Poland.
• You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years.

Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs