NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among its 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.
Are you looking for a challenge? An opportunity to develop your remote and rural clinical skills? An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Remote & Rural Support Team for an Advanced Practitioner.
As an Advanced Nurse/Advanced Paramedic (Rural Support Team), you will be expected to provide expert clinical case management to children and young people, adults, carers, families and communities within a defined population in the most appropriate environment, whether in the community, on the telephone or in hospital/primary care setting.
This post is integral to ensuring safe, effective, high quality care is delivered as close to home as possible. Unscheduled care services may be the first point of contact for patients with minor or major injuries and deals with a range of problems from a painful finger to major motor vehicle crashes and patients with multiple traumas. Also cared for are medical patients with conditions varying from a rash to a heart attack.
You will require a high degree of flexibility and an ability to communicate effectively to patients, the wider MDT and stakeholders.
Contact
Kate Earnshaw, District Manager, OOH West – email: – tel: 07448 761870
Rodger Adcock, Clinical Lead RST – email: – tel: 07971 408997
Additional Information for Candidates
* Effective from 1st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full‑time working week will be reduced from 37 to 36 hours. Part‑time hours will be adjusted pro‑rata. There will be an increase in the hourly rate to ensure that pay remains unaffected.
* Applications are welcome from Gaelic speakers. Tha fàilte air tagraidhean bho luchdlabhairt na Gàidhlig.
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