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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Registered Nurse (RN - Child Branch or RSCN) to join our innovative Community Children's Nursing team. We deliver high quality care across NHS Grampian providing care for children and young people with acute and chronic conditions as well as end of life care. We are looking for a highly motivated Band 6 nurse to join the team, you will require to be a flexible practitioner within the community setting, a good team player and be able to develop collaborative working relationships with other health professionals. You will work as an autonomous practitioner carrying clinical responsibility for a caseload of Children & Young people, delivering high quality, safe / effective care in a variety of settings across the community. Recent experience of working with children and young people within an acute or community setting is essential. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to act on your own initiative and organise your own workload. You will be flexible to meet the service needs of the children and their families.
In return we offer ongoing professional development, clinical and safeguarding supervision and an opportunity to contribute to the team's development. You should be flexible in your approach, have good time management and IT skills and be able to work on your own initiative as well as within a team. The post holder will be expected to develop excellent partnership working relationships in order to provide seamless services to Children and Young people. Successful candidates should also have knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures. Having a degree of flexibility, being responsive to change, and having the ability to work in a creative way are also essential requirements for this post. You must also demonstrate knowledge and principles of teaching others.
A full induction period will be offered to the successful candidate. You will be allowed opportunities to develop both clinically and professionally within a supportive environment and encouraged to participate in service developments.
For informal enquires please contact Joanna Taylor, Team Lead for Community Children’s Nurses on 01224 551829