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Job reference: 054528
Salary: Band 5 (£26,104 - £32,915)
Job closing date: 04/06/2021
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Various Locations throughout NHS Lothian
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 21/05/2021
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: School Nursing

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY – Student Specialist School Nurse Band 5 (progressing to Specialist School Nurse Band 6 on successful completion of training)


To undertake study to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) professional standards for:

Postgraduate Degree/Diploma in Person Centred Practice: School Nursing


Are you a dynamic, hardworking and innovative staff nurse working in the NHS? Are you ready to become a student again? We are currently able to offer permanent contracts and funding for course fees, in preparation for taking on a key role in delivering health support for children and families in Lothian.


You will be appointed to a student School Nurse role Band 5, progressing to a Band 6 Specialist School Nursing post on successful completion of the programme and registration on Part 3 of the NMC register. Graduates will be expected to consolidate practice within NHS Lothian for two years post registration.


To apply you will need to:

  • Be free to undertake study commencing September 2021
  • Have appropriate academic credit rating/or evidence recent study
  • Apply by Friday 4th June to: NHS Lothian and QMU.
  • You will require to submit an application to both organisations, details as follows
  • NHS Lothian advert which is available on the https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk/lothjobs/
  • QMU http://www.qmu.ac.uk/courses/PGCourse.cfm?c_id=276
  • Or for more information contact Admissions - admissions@qmu.ac.uk
  • Queen Margaret University Musselburgh EH21 6UU

0131 474 0000



    For academic queries including establishing your current academic funding rating, please contact:

                             Julie Drake

                          School Nursing Programme Lead

             PgD Person-centred Practice: School Nursing programme PGDipSchoolNurse@qmu.ac.uk


For further information including permanent contract and funding information, please contact:

Karen Holmes

School Nursing Programme

Clinical Nurse Manager - Community Children's Services

07867 906 796

karen.holmes@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

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