Staff Nurse (School Years), Alness

Job Description

Post Title: Staff Nurse (School Years)
Location: Osprey House, Alness
Hours: 21.6 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: Band 5 - £20,696 - £25,786 p.a. (£34,494 - £42,977 pro rata)

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

Contact Person: Siobhan Taylor Tel: 01349 886520 or Email: siobhan.taylor@highland.gov.uk

Job Purpose: Working as part of the School Nursing service to support the delivery of the universal child health programme for school aged children (5-19 yrs) within school and community settings. This includes contributing to health promotion, supporting early identification of health and wellbeing needs, and delivering interventions in line with the School Nursing pathways.

Working alongside the School Nurse and in partnership with education staff in their roles as Named Persons, contributing to the childs plan through health assessment, information sharing,and application of the National Practice Model to support children and young people with identified health needs.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, 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.

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

Requirements

Current first level registration.

Post-graduate level study (SCQF level 11, master’s level) which leads to a professional registration on part 3 of the NMC Register as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN).

Ability to travel for work requirements.

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.