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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.
Post 1 - 37.5 hours per week. Royal Edinburgh & Associated Services (REAS) wide
Post 2 - 30 hours per week. Royal Edinburgh & Associated Services (REAS) wide
We are seeking to recruit 2 dynamic and highly motivated, clinically credible, and experienced nurses from the fields of Mental Health or Intellectual Disability Nursing to undertake the new roles of Senior Nurse, Practice Development and Improvement, within the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Associated Services (REAS). The post holder will function as an independent autonomous practitioner by virtue of in-depth knowledge, expertise, proficiency and experience.
The aim of these posts is to build capacity and support and facilitate clinical teams to provide a high-quality service through practice developments and improvements, embedding competencies in rights based, trauma informed, person centred clinical nursing practice and treatment, that is safe and effective and informed by a wide range of sources of evidence and feedback. These posts will also include an exciting opportunity to set up and lead a program to support any mental health or learning disability international nursing recruits within REAS to adapt to working in the NHS in Scotland and enable them to achieve the educational and clinical competency requirements to undertake the OSCE and subsequent registration with the NMC.
You should hold:
a current registration with the NMC (Mental Health or Learning Disability nursing) with no restrictions on practice.
A Bachelor Degree in nursing or nursing related subject, and be educated to SQF Level 11, or able to evidence academic progression towards achieving a Masters degree in a professionally relevant subject.
Occasional weekend working is required, and you must be able to travel across clinical sites.
informal enquiries: Craig Stenhouse, Interim Chief Nurse, REAS. craig.stenhouse@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
NB: Interviews for these posts will be held on Friday 22nd December 2023
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.
Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.