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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.
We are recruiting for an experienced leader in our Respiratory Medicine Unit, Ward 3.
Are you an experienced registered nurse with a proven track record of team and people management? Look at this opportunity – this might just be the challenge you are seeking!
Ward 3 is an acute 30 bedded Respiratory Unit, with a nursing, medical and AHP team who enjoy a close working relationship. We have recently had a period of change and we are evolving and building as we grow to respond to changing dynamic of our patient profile and changes within our profession.
Our nurse team has some very experienced Registered Nurses, but also a reasonable number of junior and newly qualified Registered Nurses, so this area requires educational support and nurture of our growing team. Some of our Registered Nurses and Health Care Support Workers have worked together for over twenty years – this is a strong foundation and is testament to the commitment to our values and ethos of patient centred care.
As a team, we are supported by a Specialist Nurse network that include Respiratory Liaison Team, Home Ventilation Team, Lung Cancer Team, along with Specialist Nurses in ILD and Cystic Fibrosis – all of whom provide in reach support and onwards out patient and home care of our patients.
As Senior Charge Nurse of this unit, and as part of the wider medicine division, you will provide professional and clinical leadership, support, guidance, nurture and empowerment of the nurse team through inspiration, supported education, development and demonstration as you practice. You will have experience in managing people, and have a passion for improving the experience and care for patients.
Registered Nurse with valid UK NMC Registration.
As a wider team, we enjoy close working with the MDT and our colleagues across medicine and the whole organisation to ensure the smooth pathway journey and discharge planning of patients in our care. As Senior Charge Nurse, you will actively demonstrate the values that are core to our organisation through your leadership and practice. You will also assure the delivery of safe, effective and quality care through your leadership, your contemporary knowledge and application of audit , IPCT policy and research and evidence based practice.
We are proud to provide holistic, patient centred care and work closely with our colleagues across Medicine Division to ensure the best journey for every patient.
Informal enquiries to: Ms Lawrie Smith , Senior Nurse Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Email : lawrie.smith@nhs.scot telephone 01382 660111 ext 40417 or bleep 5616
Hours of work are: 37.5 hours per week with ideal aim to work across 7 days in a flexible rota.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
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