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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.
Who we are:
NHS Ayrshire and Arran is one of 14 territorial NHS Boards within NHS Scotland.
Our purpose:
Working together to achieve the healthiest life possible for everyone in Ayrshire and Arran.
Our values:
To find out more about NHS Ayrshire and Arran please click here - NHS Ayrshire & Arran - Home (nhsaaa.net)
What you will do:
In the post of Clinical Nurse Manager (NHS Band 8a) you will join a progressive, high performing health and social care partnership which has strong values and works hand in hand with its communities, to improve health and wellbeing of its citizens. We have begun a radical transformation to further improve health and wellbeing and you will be key to leading the community nurses in their clinical and professional development at the heart of local communities.
In this post you can further develop your knowledge and skills in partnership working, in quality improvement and clinical governance and provide operational management support and transformational leadership to a full range of Community Nursing (District Nursing in hours and out of hour’s teams, Community Treatment and Care Nurses, Specialist Practitioner District Nurses).
For further information on the role please click the link below to view the job description
Knowledge, training and/or experience required to do the job:
You will report directly to the Senior Manager, Localities Health & Care and will have delegated responsibility for day-to-day delivery of safe standards of nursing care, recruitment & retention, budget management, delivery of operational guidelines, continuous improvement performance and variance management, development and implementation of standard operational procedures and best practice/value approaches. Working closely with the senior professional nurses and Nurse Consultant and other operational and clinical leaders across health & care professions the post holder will support the delivery of professional standards and developments within services.
For further information on the requirements for the role please click the link below to view the person specification
Hours:
37 hours per week permanent
UK Driving Licence/Car Ownership:
UK Car licence/Car ownership is essential to this role.
If you are interested in developing your career, want to find out more about this post or plan to apply, please contact Marie Furniss, Senior Manager (marie.furniss@aapct.scot.nhs.uk) for informal discussion or to arrange a visit.
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