Staff Nurses - In Patient Unit (full & part time) Hospice Band: 5 Hours: Full & Part Time Positions Starting Salary: Hospice Band 5 Step1 £35,813 WTE per annum (based on 37.5 hours per week) (rising to Step 2 £39,736 WTE per annum subject to satisfactory performance review) Unsocial Hours Shift Allowance Pension Benefits St Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families. We currently have both full-time and part-time vacancies for Staff Nurses within the In Patient Unit. You’ll be joining a multi-professional team committed to delivering high standards of care to people living with life limiting conditions. You will need to demonstrate an understanding of palliative care and a desire to work in a caring environment, supported by previous relevant experience to enable you to provide evidence based, individualised specialist palliative nursing care to inpatients, whilst adhering to statutory regulations and Hospice policies. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and forward thinking registered staff nurses - team players with well developed communication skills. We can offer a competitive salary and professional and developmental training. The successful candidates will work a mixture of internal rotation shifts, including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. TO APPLY: For more information including an application form and job description, click the ' Apply ' button above to visit our Hospice website. We welcome enquiries about our vacancies. For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Gail Riding, IPU Team Lead, using the contact details on our website. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we have a number of positions and may commence interviews prior to the closing date. MORE INFORMATION: This post requires the post holder to have a criminal records check at a PVG scheme record update level. An application will be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. A joint application will be made which the Hospice will pay for. St Columba's Hospice Care is an independent Scottish Charity, SC003634, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR). Scotland’s first modern hospice, it first opened its doors in 1977. Over the years it has grown and evolved into an exemplary provider of specialist palliative care for thousands of people with life-limiting illnesses in Edinburgh and the Lothians annually, while also providing support to their relatives and loved ones. The Hospice offers competitive rates of pay, generous pension contributions, annual leave allowance and occupational sick pay entitlements that increase with length of service at St Columba's Hospice, and a supportive and rewarding place to work, with our own on-site education and research team - we're an Investor in People organisation! For a full summary of terms and conditions of employment please click on to our website using the Apply refer to the vacancy pack for the role you are interested in.