Lead Nurse, Inverness
- Location:
- Headquarters Glenurquhart Road Inverness, IV3 5NX
- Salary:
- £67,285 - £71,978 per year
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 37 hours per week
Job Description
Post Title: Lead Nurse
Location: Inverness
Hours: 37 Hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £67,285 - £71,978 p.a.
Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.
Contact Person (for informal conversations): Jane Park, Head of Health, Tel: 07713 017646
Job Purpose: Are you a leader with commitment, drive and passion to deliver outstanding services for the infants, children, young people and families of Highland? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional lead nurse to working within Child Health across the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership. The Lead Nurse will provide visible professional leadership to the nursing families within Child Health and will work closely with the Lead Allied Health Professional and the Principal Officer for Social work, creating an environment of continuous quality improvement and professional development. You will directly line manage the Family Nurse Partnership team, be accountable for the provision of effective professional nursing leadership to the nursing families within Child Health and be responsible for a number of key delivery areas within child health including the implementation of the NHS Highland professional assurance framework, the Health and Care (Scotland) Staff Act 2019 and the Nursing 2030 Vision. You will work closely with the NMAHP leadership team within NHS Highland ensuring professional cohesion, collaboration and synergy across the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership.
Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact Business Support, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.
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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.
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Requirements
Registered Nurse, with NMC.
Educated to degree level and working towards Masters degree or demonstrate development at this level.
Experience of Professional Leadership at Senior Nurse Level and can evidence the ability to meet the competencies and leadership required at senior nurse level.