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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.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse, who is keen to develop their scope of practice and clinical experience by joining the multidisciplinary teams within Critical Care Services in NHS Tayside. Critical Care Services is made up of the following four units within the Directorate of Surgery.
At Perth Royal Infirmary
High Dependency/Coronary Care Unit – has 8 beds providing care for patients requiring level 2 medical /specialist cardiac care with an additional nurse-led chest pain triage service and provision of cardiac telemetry monitoring to adjacent wards.
At Ninewells Hospital
Intensive Care Unit - has 8 beds, providing care for patients who require level 3 care.
Surgical High Dependency Unit - has 10 beds, providing care for patients requiring level 2 surgical care.
Medical High Dependency Unit – has 6 beds, providing care for patients requiring level 2 medical care.
The role of these services is to work as a single system to enable the effective delivery of high quality patient services for level 2 and level 3 in-patients across Tayside. Our services are situated on two sites, approximately 25 miles apart.
You will have a primary base at CCU/HDU Perth Royal Infirmary. Secondment opportunities are available to gain knowledge and skills in caring for level 2 surgical patients and level 3 patients. In addition there will be occasions where emergency redeployment to the Ninewells site will be necessary due to clinical need.
You will be required to be registered on Sub-part 1: RN1 or RNA or Sub-part 2: RN2 of the UK NMC Register. You will ideally have previous post registration experience. You will have completed the Flying Start Programme, and you must be willing to undertake further study.
Informal enquiries are welcomed by – SCN Donna Phillips, Ward 5 CCU/HDU Perth Royal Infirmary ext.13926.
Hours of work are: 37.5 Hours per week, with day/night rotation.