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NHS LOTHIAN
DEPARTMENT OF CANCER SERVICES
PALLIATIVE CARE SENIOR CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST
(Acute Hospitals)
Band 7
Full Time 37.5 hours
Western General Hospital
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the NHS Lothian Hospital Palliative Care Teams. The team are looking for a CNS colleague for 37.5 hours per week who has the post registration experience and education to be clinically competent to assess, manage, deliver care, advise on, and support the care for people with palliative care needs within the Hospital setting as part of a supportive, progressive MDT.
The multidisciplinary team provide a Pan Lothian service with teams based in each of the 3 acute sites, Royal Infirmary, St. John’s and Western General Hospital.
Further information and informal enquires regarding this post can be obtained from Kelly Moffat, Lead Nurse Palliative Care Service, 0131 537 3489/07903969619.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
The use of the term “Senior” or “Junior” in this post refers only to the level of experience and responsibility required for this post rather than age. As such, applications from people of all ages are welcomed, subject to meeting the relevant criteria.