NHS National Services Scotland
Location
Airdrie, North Lanarkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
An exciting and rarely available opportunity has arisen within NHS Lanarkshire for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Nurse to join the OPAT Clinical Nurse Specialist Team. We are seeking suitably experienced Registered Nurses who will embrace this dynamic and challenging role. The post holder should possess knowledge of the management of patients with complex infections and will be required to demonstrate the ability to work autonomously, proactively and as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team caring for this patient group. This will involve working across professional and organisational boundaries in partnership with other acute care nursing and medical staff, allied health professionals and senior management teams. The applicant should possess the ability to prioritise fluctuating workloads, remain focused and be flexible in an extremely busy and dynamic clinical environment.
Specialist clinical practitioner providing care, expert advice and support, operating within a defined specialism across NHS Lanarkshire.
The post holder will ensurea person centered approach to care delivery which is safe and effective to ensure and maintain quality strategy.
To contribute to the development and implementation of a programme of clinical audit and research activity.
The successful candidate will be fully supported in their professional development of enhanced clinical knowledge and clinical decision-making skills appropriate to the OPAT Clinical Nurse Specialist role.
Qualifications to be undertaken:
• Non-medical prescribing NMC registered (NISP)
• Advanced Clinical Examination accredited course, preferably at level 11
• Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology Module
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Michelle Spittal, Senior Charge [email protected]
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Pauline Fleming, Recruitment Administratoron [email protected] (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension )
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage .
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 Scotlandwelcomes applications from all sections of society.
In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at .
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.
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