INTERNAL ADVERT - You must be currently employed by NHS Fife to be eligible to apply for this post
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Child Protection Nurse Advisor (SCPNA) to join our Child Protection Nursing Team on a permanent basis. The post is full time, Fife wide, covering community and hospital settings across Fife.
The Child Protection Service strives to shape and support a culture of learning and continuous improvement in child protection, supporting and empowering a health workforce that feels confident and competent in their role to protect and promote the wellbeing of children and young people. The team work collaboratively with a vast range of health services as well as our multiagency partners to achieve national standards to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families/carers.
You should have excellent working knowledge of policy and legislation that guides child protection practice in Scotland and experience of working within Child Protection services and/or with vulnerable children and families The successful candidate will have excellent leadership, supervisory, decision making and communication skills with the ability to be organised, self motivated, proactive and confident, working both independently and collaboratively with often complex situations to ensure that Fife adheres to their commitment to protect children.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to progress professional development, quality improvement work and specialist training.
Informal Enquiries: Lindsay Douglas, Lead Nurse Child Protection, Children’s Services Lindsay.douglas4@nhs.scot Or Collette Milne, Child Protection Team Leader on 01592 648114 collette.milne@nhs.scot
You are more than welcome to contact us for an informal visit
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
As from 1/4/2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. Please note that the pay scale in this advert will not be changing as a result
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
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.
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 website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
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 sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
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.