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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Charge Nurse to join the Palliative Care team in Fife covering a 8 bedded unit at Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy and a 7 bedded unit in Queen Margaret Hospital Dunfermline.
You will have overall responsibility for the supervision of the assessment of care needs and the delivery and maintenance of optimal care outcomes. You will be tasked with ensuring that the highest standard of personalized nursing care is delivered to patients, in partnership with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
You will provide clinical and managerial leadership to the ward team. Proactively managing resources in line with policies and budgetary requirements. You will be responsible for the recruitment and selection of staff for your areas. Management of complaints will be undertaken in line with the process defined by Patient Liaisons, investigation, outcome and actions will be shared with the teams.
Other duties will include ensuring all ward nursing staff attending regular 1:1 meetings to fulfil PDP and appraisal policy; taking a lead in efficient and effective HR planning.
Shifts run Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week. You are required to hold registration with the NMC with suitable experience at Band 6 level. It is desirable that you hold post registration qualifications pertinent to the specialty.
For informal enquiries please contact Kim Macpherson, lead nurse 01383 623623 ext 20333 or email kim.macpherson@nhs.scot
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK.