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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.
Operational Lead Vaccination Services
Band 7 £52,845 - £61,466 per annum
Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,461 per annum
36 hours per week
Fixed Term or Secondment post for 18 months until October 2027
Applications on a secondment basis will be considered providing you have prior agreement from your current line manager.
An 18-month fixed term secondment has arisen for a Registered Nurse to provide Operational and Clinical Leadership to the vaccination service. This opportunity requires an NMC registered healthcare professional to plan, deliver and assure seasonal vaccination campaigns as well as the continued roll out of travel vaccination services across NHS Western Isles.
The role provides an opportunity for an experienced or developing leader with exposure to national, board level and departmental clinical governance requirements. You will be forward thinking, dynamic with sufficient knowledge, skills and experience to undertake both operational and clinical leadership for the vaccination service.
For further information regarding this post, please contact Murray Graham, Lead Nurse Acute & Community (MurrayAngus.Graham@nhs.scot) or Adam MacDonald, Associate Director Clinical Services/Deputy Nurse AHP Director (Adam.MacDonald@nhs.scot).
The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG Scheme (Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme). This post is not eligible for relocation expenses.
All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website: apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk, along with a job description.
Tha beàrnan-obrach NHS Eilean Siar uile gu léir a' nochdadh air làrach-lìn NHS na h-Alba https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/, còmhla ri dealbh-obrach.
If you have any further queries, please contact Tel: 01851 762027.
CLOSING DATE: 09/06/2026