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OUR VALUES IN ACTION
• Care and Compassion • Quality and Teamwork • Dignity and Respect • Openness, honesty and responsibility
We are seeking an enthusiastic Specialist Practitioner District Nurse to join our dedicated Tweeddale District Nursing Team.
About the Role
As part of our locality-based model, you will deliver high‑quality, person‑centred nursing care to patients within their own homes and community settings. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, carers, and families to support complex care needs and promote independence wherever possible.
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the continued development of district nursing services in Tweeddale, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care.
What We’re Looking For
We are seeking an individual who demonstrates:
- A Specialist Practitioner Qualification in District Nursing (SPQ), or working towards completion. NMC registered nurse.
- Strong clinical assessment and decision‑making skills
- Experience of caseload management and leadership within a community setting
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to work flexibly within a locality‑based model across rural areas
- Commitment to weekend working on a rotational basis
- A full UK driving licence, as travel across the locality is essential
- Prescribing qualification desirable and evidence of CPD
The post is based within Tweeddale locality. For further Information please contact: Claire Grant District Nurse Team Lead 01721 722080
Please note: the salary quoted is for full-time hours (36 hrs per week). For appointments to part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rata.
As from 1st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
**PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
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.