Practice Development Nurse
Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity with the potential to last for up to 12 months
Are you an experienced Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse looking for an opportunity to lead practice development and drive trauma-informed care across NHS 24?
Do you have a proven track record of delivering education, training, and service development in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment?
Are you passionate about influencing change, mentoring others, and shaping strategies that improve mental health, learning disabilities, and wellbeing services?
Who We Are
As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services.
We have five regional centres – Aberdeen, Dundee, South Queensferry, Cardonald and Clydebank. NHS 24 supports hybrid working, and this post can be based within any NHS 24 regional centres. The successful candidate must be within commuting distance to a regional centre to attend if required and must also be able to travel to other regional centres when requested to attend meetings, undertake training and any other activities.
The Role
The Practice Development Nurse will provide professional and practice development support on all aspects of Trauma and will deliver contemporary Mental Health and Learning Disabilities practice across NHS 24.
The successful candidate will develop and deliver a stratified plan to meet the requirements of the National Trauma Transformation Programme. They will provide expert knowledge and understanding to support NHS 24 as a Trauma responsive organisation to consider the current workforce when implementing any service changes which may impact those living with psychological trauma.
Key Responsibilities
* Critically contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical guidelines, procedures and policies and the monitoring of clinical standards
* Participate in the NHS 24 investigation and response to complaints and comments received from patients and partners in relation to trauma, mental health, learning disabilities or wellbeing developing and seeking to make improvements to training materials and practice as required
* Interpret national policy and clinical guidelines with regards to ensure NHS 24 are compliant, impact assessing the required change to practice for service development
* Develop and deliver workshops, training, and education in line with service and local priorities and initiatives
Successful Applicant will:
* Be a registered Mental Health Nurse or registered Learning Disability Nurse and educated to SCQF level 10 or equivalent experience
* Demonstrate experience of contributing to and supporting the implementation of strategic delivery plans in one or more of the following areas: trauma, mental health and procedures
* Evidence theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical practices and procedures
Benefits
NHS 24 offers a complete benefits package, with a 12 month fixed-term contract on Band 7 £50,861 - £59,159 Per Annum (pro rata if applicable). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.
We also offer you many supportive policies to enhance your employee journey and have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and a range of learning and development. As an NHS Scotland employee you will be entitled to:
* 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
* Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
* Enhanced pay for working public holidays
* Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
* NHS discounts on goods and services
* HELP, employee support and assistance
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and experienced individual who is looking for a challenging and rewarding role that will contribute to the success of a public organisation.
Interested?
Please download the Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application.
We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.
Our mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. As an organisation that promotes inclusion, we celebrate difference, and we encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work.
We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan, which builds on our existing equalities work, and this will help us to measure our progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation.
NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.
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 visas as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here .
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