Are you ready to make a real difference for children and families in Fife?
• Are you a passionate and experienced nurse leader with a strong background in Child Protection?
• Looking for a new challenge where your expertise truly matters?
• Want to join an innovative, forward-thinking team driving transformational projects, like the development of Fife Bairns’ Hoose?
• Eager to grow your leadership skills and influence strategic change?
• Committed to getting it right for every child, young person, and family in our community?
If this sounds like you, you may be interested in this position!
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership is seeking a Lead Nurse for Child Protection, a pivotal role at the heart of safeguarding and improving outcomes for children across Fife.
In this role, you will:
• Lead and inspire practice in line with legislation, Scottish Government guidance, and Child Protection Committee policies.
• Shape the future of child protection services through operational management and strategic partnership working.
• Collaborate at the highest level as part of the Fife Children’s Services Partnership Group, influencing policy and driving innovation.
We’re looking for someone with exceptional communication, leadership, and partnership skills, who is proactive, creative, and committed to excellence in safeguarding.
This job opportunity is a chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of children and families in Fife.
Interview date will be provided in due course
Informal Enquiries: If you would like to discuss this post informally then please contact Olivia Robertson, Senior Manager via her Personal Assistant on lisa.simpson1@nhs.scot.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
As from 1/4/2026, 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. Please note that the pay scale in this advert will not be changing as a result
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.
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.
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 here.
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 here.
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.
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.