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Clinical Nurse Manager
Balfour Hospital
Band 8a £58,426 – £63,026 including Distant Islands Allowance pro rata per annum
Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Are you looking for a new opportunity? We are currently looking for an exceptional candidate to join us in supporting quality of care delivery and service improvement within the Balfour Hospital.
As the Clinical Nurse Manager, you will work closely with the Senior Nursing teams and Operational Management team to support all aspects of care delivery across the Balfour providing visible leadership, whilst supporting professional and clinical governance.
The post holder will be a Registered Nurse educated to Masters level or have an equivalent level of experience with substantial experience in operational management in an acute hospital setting in a senior nurse role. The post holder will work within an environment of change and ongoing service improvement therefore excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills are essential.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills at a time of continuing quality improvement. This post requires vision, innovation and the ability to work across professional boundaries and a real desire to provide the highest standards of care.
You should possess sound clinical knowledge, be able to demonstrate a wide range of clinical skills, including the ability to offer interventions, advice, and delivery of safe, effective person-centred care.
As this post requires you to work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team and as an autonomous practitioner across the Balfour and under direction from the Nurse Director, you should possess good interpersonal skills and a commitment to joint working.
The post holder must be able to demonstrate a commitment to developing a learning culture where staff growth, wellbeing and engagement are crucial in supporting the delivery of care.
An excellent relocation package of up to £8,000 is available depending on eligibility. Distant Islands Allowance, which is currently £1,504 pro rata per annum, is also included into the NHS Orkney salaries.
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.
Rise to the challenge and enjoy the opportunity – Orkney is a wonderful place to live and work and voted one of the happiest places to live in the UK. Orkney offers low pollution, low crime, excellent schools, good leisure facilities, unique wildlife and amazing scenery.
For further information please contact Michelle Mackie, Interim Deputy Director of Nursing Tel 01856 888986 or email on michelle.mackie@nhs.scot
A Recruitment Pack is available to download below.
The proposed interview date for this post is 09/05/2023.