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Contact Tracer - Larch House (4 posts)
Band 3 - £21,709 - £23,603 per annum pro rata
Fixed Term (until March 2022) - 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a COVID-19 Contact Tracer with the Test and Protect Programme in NHS Highland. The postholders will provide integral Contact Tracing support to the Contact Tracing team, whose role is to ensure the population of Highland is protected from the spread of Covid-19. The postholder will be critical to the NHS Highland COVID-19 response.
You will be part of a supportive and friendly team (Health Protection Team) and will work closely with other Contact Tracing Practitioners and Contact Tracers and other Health Care Professionals working in Public Health.
Given the nature of the support and supervision required, you will be based in Larch House, Inverness with the Health Protection Team.
NHS Highland serves a total population of around 320,000. You will be based in Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, renowned for its beauty and quality of life which offers a lifestyle only dreamt of in other parts of the country. You will work in a friendly Contact Tracing Team which sits within the wider multi-disciplinary Public Health Directorate.
We would welcome early, informal discussions with all interested individuals.
Informal enquiries to: Lorraine Murphy email: lorraine.murphy3@nhs.scot
Application Forms and Job Descriptions can be downloaded via our website www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk or available from, and to be returned to, the Employment Services Section, Assynt House, Beechwood Park, Inverness IV2 3BW or by emailing your name and address to nhshighland.recruitment@nhs.scot
Short-listed applicants may be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
Please quote reference in the subject line of your email - 058926
Closing date for completed applications: 12/07/2021
Please note that we are unable to accept late applications
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