An opportunity has arisen within the Queen Margaret Community Hospital for a motivated and enthusiastic band 5 registered nurse with a genuine interest in caring for older adults and providing them with a positive experience during their inpatient stay.
This Band 5 post is a permanent position in Ward 5 Queen Margaret Hospital. Ward 5 is a 22 bedded ward caring for older people who require further rehabilitation, complex discharge planning following an acute illness and at times end of life care.
We can offer a good working environment within a large multidisciplinary team who are keen to support the educational and training needs of our staff. The wards have a culture of continuous quality improvement and are undertaking many initiatives to improve patient safety and support patients with cognitive impairment.
For informal enquiries please contact Senior Charge Nurse Kelly Birrell on
As from 1/4/26, 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. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
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 websitehere.
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 sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
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.
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.