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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 seeking a warm and innovative Nurse, Midwife or Health Visitor to join our established Family Nurse Service in Grampian as a Family Nurse Supervisor.
You will be one of 2 Supervisors, responsible for leading and managing the work of the family nurses, data managers and administration team. This includes providing in depth clinical, management and child protection supervision to the family nurses, maintaining the integrity of the programme, taking responsibility for quality assurance and improvement in line with the licence requirements, overseeing recruitment of eligible pregnant young women, building local relationships and facilitating continual learning and improvement. In addition, the post holder will also hold a small caseload of families to whom they deliver the programme.
The role combines clinical practice, strategic leadership, management, supervisory and a teaching role.
This is a Grampian wide post.
Applicants should have post registration experience of working with children and/or young people in their homes. Experience of general community nursing/and or midwifery home visiting including the skills to work within the clinical methods of a structured home visiting programme.
Please note:
Candidates who are not trained as a Family Nurse Supervisor will be expected to complete the Family Nurse Supervisor training and for those who are not previously trained as a Family Nurse they will be expected to complete the mandatory FNP National Unit Family Nurse training at Masters level, that leads to a Professional Diploma in Family Nursing
You are welcome to discuss this post informally with:
Fiona Miele, FNP Lead, fiona.miele@nhs.scot