Job Advert
Corporate Services
Public Health Department
Larch House, Inverness
Contact Tracing Practitioner
Grade: Band 5 Salary Scale: £26,104 - £32,915 pro rata
37.5 hours per week, fixed term / secondment to 30th September 2022
(Recruiting to 13 WTE posts)
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a COVID-19 Contact Tracing Practitioner 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: Gillian MacKenzie and Jenny Wares email: gillian.mackenzie2@nhs.scot and jenny.wares@nhs.scot
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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.net
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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 - ES16 083264
Closing date for completed applications: 10/01/2022
PLEASE NOTE – You should apply for this post by completing the application process on Job Train: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/. Please DO NOT upload a CV as this will not be used for short listing purposes.
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For more information on living and working in the Highlands go to https://nhshighland.medical.careers.global
