Return to Practice Nursing and Midwifery students (flexible hours available up to 37.5hpw)

Return to Practice Nursing and Midwifery Students

NHS Highland, including Argyll & Bute

Grade: Band 2  Salary Scale:  £19609 - £21615  pro rata

(progressing to Band 5 £26104 – £32915 pro rata when NMC registered)

Full time or part time hours

Return to Nursing Practice Programme – 2023.

This programme is an exciting collaboration with NHS Highland and Robert Gordon University.

We are now actively recruiting for our third course which will start in February 2023. This cohort will focus on Midwifery, Adult, Child, and Mental Health Nursing.

Nurses and midwives leave the profession over time for a variety of reasons, perhaps because of changes in personal circumstance, a career break or something else.  This programme will be very rewarding both personally and professionally and gives nurses and midwives the opportunity to bring their skills and experience back to the profession and to nursing our patients.

Entry requirements to apply

• Evidence of previous NMC registration on part one of the register.
• Following successful interview undertake and complete all required pre-employment checks including PVG Clearance from Disclosure Scotland and Occupational Health screening for immunisations.
• Commitment to fulfil the programme and then remain within employment for a minimum of one year with NHS Highland following successful completion of the programme.
• Be able to attend the academic/theory element of the course without interruption, i.e. holidays.

Our commitment to you

• NHS Highland will support you financially, meaning you will be paid as a Band 2 for the full duration of the programme.
• On successful completion of the course you will be offered permanent employment in a substantive band 5 post.

• You will receive full academic and practical placement support.
• You will gain a range of clinical competencies and skills including medicine management, safe calculation of medicine doses, organisational aspects of care and much more.
• If you apply for funding with NES you should have your course fees paid https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/our-work/return-to-practice-nursing-and-midwifery/

Examples of Nursing and Midwifery job descriptions are attached for information

Informal Contacts:

John.sinclair@uhi.ac.uk

Lora.white@nhs.scot

Closing date for completed Applications:  20/11/2022

Please note that we are unable to accept late applications

What happens next?

You should apply for this post by completing the application process on Job Train: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/.   We suggest you use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge as your internet browser. 

For help to complete an application on Job Train please click the following link: https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments.  We do not accept CVs and any uploaded CV will not be used for short listing purposes.

Applications will be subject to a stringent short listing process and successful applicants will be subject to a values based interview.

Applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk / spam folder.​​​​​​​

For more information on living and working in the Highlands go to https://nhshighland.medical.careers.global

​​​​​​​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.