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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified person to apply for this position working in a small and dynamic public health directorate. NHS Dumfries and Galloway serves a population of around 150,000 and is located in the beautiful south west corner of Scotland, with easy access to road and rail links to the rest of Scotland and to North West England.
The post holder will undertake a senior role within the team and will provide strategic and operational nurse consultant level leadership for the Health Protection department. As part of the Consultant team the post holder will also provide strategic leadership for Public Health programmes or areas of activity to make sure that they effectively influence policies and actions to protect the population of Dumfries and Galloway
The post holder will also provide line management and professional leadership for the Health Protection Nursing team and professional leadership for the NHS Dumfries and Galloway Vaccination Nursing team
This post is a demanding one and the post holder will be expected to have a high level of leadership and collaboration skills to enable effective working across organisational boundaries and to influence change without direct authority.
It is a requirement of the post that the post holder take part in both in-hours and on-call arrangements for communicable disease control/health protection. The current rota is 1 in 5 (prospective). The post holder is required to have sufficient training and experience to be a “competent person” under the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act, 2008 or be able to become a “competent person” in a reasonable timeframe.
We very much welcome interested candidates to come and visit the department, please contact Deanne Gilbert on 07766443035 or email deanne.gilbert@nhs.scot to have an initial informal conversation and to arrange a visit.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
To find out more about working with NHS Dumfries and Galloway and for an insight into our warm, friendly, beautiful corner of Scotland please visit our Work With Us web pages https://www.nhsdg.co.uk/workwithus/
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INTERNATIONAL NURSES
NHS Dumfries & Galloway are currently unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies.
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
NHS Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
PUBLIC PROTECTION
Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.
RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the UK can work at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.