An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Urgent Care Service Fife. As an Urgent Care Practitioner (or trainee under annex 21) you will be a first level Registered General Nurse with current UK NMC registration and substantial post registration experience, you will provide a high quality, safe patient centred and effective clinical nursing service in the out-of-hours period to the population of Fife and Kinross.
Ideally you will have experience of Primary Care, Accident & Emergency, Acute Medical/Surgical, or telephone triage. We have centres at Queen Margaret Hospital, Victoria Hospital and St Andrews Community Hospital.
We currently have a vacancy for an experienced, flexible nurse to join our existing nursing team.
You must be able to evidence excellent communication skills, clinical assessment and critical decision-making skills, be able to work autonomously and as part of a team working within the NMC code at all times.
We will support you with access to personal development planning, reflective practice, training and mentorship.
Hours will be worked to meet the needs of the service which will include a range of shift patterns which include evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays.
Trainee (Annex 21) - Candidates will commence on band 5 and will be required to successfully complete the appropriate qualification/s or training as outlined within the Annex 21 competency framework prior to progressing to band 6. Candidates who meet the full requirements of the person specification for band 6 will commence payment at band 6 with no requirement to progress through the competency framework.
Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours.
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.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
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 website .
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found .
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 sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team.For more details on these changes please visit: .
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.