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.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional candidate to join our Nursing Team to embrace and champion quality care delivery and service improvement in Angus.
As the Senior Nurse you will be motivated, enthusiastic and an experienced individual to provide senior leadership to nurses within Medicine for the Elderly/ Home First /Community Hospitals in Angus.
As the Senior Nurse you will work closely with the Service Leader within the Older People’s Service to contribute to the strategic priorities of the Angus Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) in relation to Medicine for the Elderly / Home First / Community Hospitals. This will require innovation with a real drive for change and will include participation in the development of policies and strategic plans and initiating changes to local services in line with HSCP decisions.
You will provide senior nursing leadership to the nursing and wider workforce within the Medicine for the Elderly/ Home First / Community Hospitals Service to deliver frontline professional and operational priorities and manage the service including Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) / trainee ANPs / Specialist Nurses and Senior Charges Nurses/ Charge Nurses working within the services ensuring the safe, effective and person centred care of people across Angus HSCP.
The post requires vision, innovation and a commitment to joint working with the ability to work across professional boundaries and a real desire to provide the highest level of care.
You will be an experienced nurse with clinical knowledge and commitment to undertake this challenging and rewarding role. You will possess highly developed management and communication skills and will be required to work autonomously and demonstrate proven leadership and management skills.
It is essential that the post holder is a Registered General Nurse, with evidence of relevant post graduate education. A sound knowledge and understanding of the NHS environment, including current political influence and knowledge of current policy directive relating to health and social care is essential.
NHS Tayside and Angus Health & Social Care Partnership is a Values Based Organisation and are both passionate about and committed to the values of NHS Scotland which are:
Dignity and Respect
Openness, Hones and Responsibility
Quality and Teamwork
Care and Compassion
At our core we are committed to learning, reflecting, integrating and applying our learning in continual cycles. We have a structured staff review system and offer professional support through our clinical and non clinical networks. We are committed to regular professional development and in-service training and personal and professional development
For an informal discussion, please contact:
Cindy Graham, Service Leader, Angus Health & Social Care Partnership at cindy.graham@nhs.scot
Karen Fletcher, Lead Nurse, Angus Health & Social Care Partnership at: email karen,fletcher@nhs.scot
Hours of work are: Full time – 37 hours over a 5 day week.
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly including your junk/ spam folder.
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