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NR212764 - Senior Community Nurse, Macduff
Client:
NHS Scotland
Location:
Macduff Health Centre
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
62e6663120af
Job Views:
6
Posted:
24.04.2025
Expiry Date:
08.06.2025
Job Description:
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Nurse to join the Banff & Buchan North Community Nursing Team in the Banff/Portsoy Locality, based in MacDuff Health Centre. The successful candidate will support the management of patients registered with An Caorann practice in Portsoy and MacDuff Medical Practice.
This is a challenging role in which the successful candidate will take responsibility for daily leadership within the team, utilising skills in advanced clinical practice to ensure the delivery of high-quality nursing care under the delegation of the district nurse. This is an exciting time to work with Health and Social Care teams to shape the future of our locality, with a willingness to contribute ideas and work in partnership to ensure the best possible delivery model for our community.
Candidates should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be committed to team working and ongoing professional development.
Community experience is essential, and candidates must possess a diploma in Integrated Community Nursing as a qualification, with additional qualifications in advanced clinical examination and non-medical prescribing or be willing to commence the course within the first year of the post.
Working independently as a lone worker, the successful candidate will have community experience and nursing skills including all forms of catheterisation, palliative care, wound care, venepuncture, and promotion of continence. An interest in preceptorship, mentoring, and teaching junior staff and pre-reg students is essential.
The successful candidate will work across the Banff, MacDuff, and Portsoy area nursing housebound patients within their own home. Shift pattern 0830-1700 Monday to Friday.
Please be advised this post is for internal NHSG Staff only.
For informal enquiries please contact District Nurse Team Lead: Christine Dewar on 07788302106 or email [emailprotected].
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
**Please note - If this post operates within Aberdeen City Low Emission Zone, you will be responsible for all costs associated with entering.**
NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray.
As a board, we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.
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