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An exciting and rare vacancy has arisen for an Associate Lead Nurse Mental Health to join our team in the beautiful Argyll and Bute.
This is a highly regarded and dynamic professional nursing leadership post taking responsibility for establishment and workforce reviews, clinical governance, patient safety, and staff wellbeing including innovation and quality improvement and working collaboratively with operational managers to develop and support the mental health landscape
The Associate Lead Nurse will have responsibility for the standard of Nursing practice across the life span of Mental Health Nursing. This will be across a range of hospital, community, social and domestic settings with a particular focus on the provision of professional workforce standards and safe quality person centered care.
The post holder will provide professional nursing leadership and expert advice within the operational unit across the five NHSH NMAHP Leadership dimensions:
Safe, quality care
Professional workforce standards, planning and development
Service improvement, design/redesign and development
Research and innovation
Partnership working
The successful candidate will be a registered mental health nurse with a current valid registration with the NMC. A degree or equivalent specialist knowledge is required.
This is a permanent full-time post, working 37.5 hours per week over five days. A current driving licence is essential for this post
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.
Informal enquiries to:
Elizabeth Higgins - Associate Nurse Director,
email: elizabeth.higgins@nhs.scot
or
Nicola Gillespie - Service Manager Mental Health and Addictions,
email: nicola.gillespie2@nhs.scot
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