Job Description
Post Title: Family Nurse
Location: Alness
Hours: 22.2 hours Per Week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £30, - £35, p.a (£50, - £59, pro rata)
Interviews are due to be held on Tuesday 15th July .
Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.
Contact Person: Nikki Rearie/FNP Office Tel:
Job Purpose: An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Family Nurse Partnership team in the Highlands.
FNP Highland covers Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey as well as East/Mid Ross and Sutherland.
Please see attached job description.
We currently have a vacancy for a Family Nurse working 0.6 WTE (22.2 hrs per week – fixed days). This post will be predominately covering Mid/East Ross and Sutherland and based at Osprey House in Alness. This is a home visiting service and therefore travel throughout the Highland area may be required to meet the needs of the clients. There will also be a requirement for the postholder to attend the Inverness office at Highland Council headquarters for individual and team learning.
The postholder will be a registered nurse or midwife with current NMC registration, a first level degree and post registration experience. There will be a commitment to the mandatory residential training events across Scotland within the first 18 months in post. This comes with an opportunity for SQA accreditation of a Diploma in Family Nursing.
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: (24 hour voicemail) quoting post the reference number above.
Please find the Job Description below.
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 e-mail, unless otherwise stated. Please check your e-mails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
Requirements
First level registered nurse or midwife with current NMC registration.
Professional knowledge acquired at degree level underpinning further appropriate specialist education and training such as Public Health Nursing/Health Visiting