About the Organisation:
As Scotland’s smallest health board, NHS Orkney is committed to delivering excellent care to our 22,000 residents. Whether you’re new to the NHS or bringing experience from elsewhere, your skills will make a real difference.
Our modern healthcare facility, The Balfour, brings together inpatient care, emergency services, outpatient clinics, diagnostics, GP practices and the Scottish Ambulance Service. We’re also investing in services across our outer isles, ensuring high-quality care reaches every corner of Orkney.
We are guided by our core values that shape everything we do – Open and honest, Respect and Kindness – from how we care for our patients to how we support each other as colleagues.
About Orkney:
With over 70 islands – 20 of them inhabited – Orkney offers a unique blend of natural beauty, close-knit community and an opportunity for adventure. From dramatic coastlines and rare wildlife to rich cultural traditions and active lifestyles, it’s a place where compassion thrives and every day brings something new. Regularly named one of the UK’s best places to live, Orkney offers a lifestyle that’s both fulfilling and inspiring.
The Position:
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Registered Nurse to work with our small Theatre team.
This post offers a unique and exciting opportunity to gain knowledge and skills with a broad range of specialties, and gain new skills assisting in theatre, with the anaesthetic, scrub, circulating and recovery of patients.
The successful candidate will work with a multi-professional team to ensure a high standard of care is given to defined patient groups attending Day Unit and Theatre. An out of hours, on call service is provided by Theatre staff, which the successful candidate will participate in.
The Candidate:
You will be required to have evidence of post registration Theatre nursing experience, excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team. NES anaesthetic competency is essential. The post holder is required to hold NMC/HCPC registration.
Location, Working Pattern and Contract Duration:
This post will be based at The Balfour
The successful candidate will work: Full Time 37 hours per week
This post is on a Permanent Basis
It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NHS Orkney.
Benefits and Salary:
Did you know NHS Scotland salaries are higher than those in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
The salary for this post is Band 6 and if residing on Orkney, you’ll also receive a Distant Islands Allowance of £1,657 pro rata per annum, adding extra value to your rewarding career with us.
NHS Orkney also offers an attractive pension scheme, wide range of work life balance policies, employee assistance programme and various discounts to both local and national retailers.
Further Information:
If you share our vision and are ready to be part of Team Orkney, we’d love to hear from you. Your rewarding career starts here!
For further guidance on the recruitment process and tips for creating a strong application, please refer to our Candidate Application Pack.
This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.