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Looking for a rewarding Career in the NHS with enhanced salary and benefits package?
The NHS is the largest employer in Scotland!
Who We Are
As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services
Where We Are:
Our Regional Centres are located at Hillington, Cardonald, Clydebank, South Queensferry, Dundee and Aberdeen. This post will be based in our Lumina Regional Centre. NHS 24 also supports Hybrid Working.
This Role: Public Protection Specialist Nurse
Working as a Public Protection Specialist Nurse you will be required to act as an autonomous practitioner responsible for developing and delivering a high-quality public protection service, in line with research and evidence, national policy, guidance and legislation. This involves providing supervision and support, development of local policies, guidance, and frameworks through professional leadership within the Public Protection Team and across NHS 24. You will be adept at synthesising crucial information and taking appropriate action with relevant agencies (Police Scotland, Social Work, Health Boards). You will be responsible develop, deliver, and evaluate bespoke Public Protection training programmes taking into account multi-professional teams. You will support the Senior/Lead Nurse Public Protection and ensure NHS 24 are supported to allow NHS 24 staff to effectively discharge their public protection responsibilities.
Interested?
Please download the Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application.
We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.
The closing date for submitting your completed application is 25th of April 2023 at midnight.
Advert closing date | At 23:59 on 25th of April 2023 |
Shortlisting finalised by hiring manager | by 2nd of May 2023 |
Interviews to be held | by 16th of May 2023 |
* The above dates are subject to change.
NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.
