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Due to a retirement, there is an excellent opportunity to advance your career, shape the quality of patient care and influence service improvement. NHS Tayside seek to recruit a highly experienced paediatric nurse who can demonstrate transformational leadership skills and expertise in the field of acute paediatric nursing. This includes paediatric inpatient services and outpatient services, outreach and specialist paediatric nursing services, community children’s nursing services and homecare.
You will be educated to degree level with relevant post graduate qualification (or equivalent development) and have substantial previous experience in an area relevant to children, young people and families. This will include experience in children’s health services in acute hospital settings. This Senior Nurse Post has operational and managerial responsibility for the nursing teams in the service areas across Tayside
The post holder will demonstrate the ability to manage teams. They will be expected to provide senior leadership to the nursing workforce across Tayside within their remit to ensure that professional and operational priorities are delivered to the highest standard and that person-centred cultures are developed and lived by the team.
The postholder will work collaboratively with multi-professional leads and contribute to the ongoing success and development of the services within the Women Children and Families Care Division. You will be expected to work closely with partner agencies, represent NHS Tayside and contribute to multi agency guidance, planning and joint service provisions affecting children, young people and families.
You must have experience and understanding of data reporting and analysis to help shape future workforce planning and training appropriate to service needs.
Your experience should be broad and encompass both clinical and managerial expertise including a working knowledge of organisational and professional policies. You must be an individual who shares their knowledge and expertise with the aim of supporting and developing the team around them. This will include project management, improvement work and effective, efficient budget management.
We would love to hear from you if you feel you have all the skills and attributes required to lead these services into the future.
You must be registered on Sub-part 1: RN1 Child branch of the NMC Register
Informal enquiries to: Sarah Mclauchlan Lead Nurse 01382 835100 Ext. 71344 or Sarah.Mclauchlan@nhs.scot
Base of work: Ninewells Hospital. Postholder must be able to travel across Tayside and work out of other NHS Tayside sites
Hours of work are: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday between 0830 and 1700.
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly including your junk/ spam folder.
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community