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Bring your Nursing Skills to the largest NHS Employer in Scotland
Recruiting Now
Agenda for Change Band 5 Nurses & Midwives
Salary £26,104 - £32,915 (pro rata part-time)
Closing Date Friday 1st April 2022
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the largest single health organisation in the United Kingdom and also the largest employer and teaching NHS Board within Scotland. We are proud that our workforce is extremely diverse – just like our patients.
Our Health and Social Care system is the largest in Scotland providing accessible and responsive services. We continually strive to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care.
We are an organisation renowned for modern high-quality patient care and progressive medicine. It is therefore vital that we continue to attract and nurture the most talented and public service focused Nurses and Midwives. We have always benefited from recruiting health professionals coming from other countries in the United Kingdom to live and work in Glasgow and the surrounding area.
We hope you will be inspired to continue to develop your career somewhere new and we look forward and welcome your application if you decide to apply to join us.
Our Nursing and Midwifery workforce is the largest in Scotland.
Around 18,300 registered and non- registered Nurses and Midwives deliver patient care to a population of 1.2 million people resident in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area. We also provide specialist services on behalf of the West of Scotland for the population of 2.7 million people and provide a number of national services which are accessed from across Scotland.
We deliver the full range of primary, secondary and tertiary clinical services to a population covering 6 local authority areas across the City of Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire and Inverclyde.
We are committed to delivering high quality, innovative health and social care that is person-centred. Our Health Care Quality Strategy sets out our ambition to be a quality-driven organisation that cares about people-patients, their relatives and carers and our staff and is focused on achieving a healthier life for all.
We are excited about the future direction of our Nurses and Midwives through making Scotland’s national Nursing 2030 Vision a reality over the short, medium and long terms for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. This vision sets out our priorities for Personalised Care, Preparing Nurses for future needs and roles and Supporting Nurses.
We have an established and dedicated Nursing and Midwifery leadership team only too keen to share their extensive expertise, knowledge and skills with new practitioners.
The Job Opportunities and Rewards
We have a wide range of immediate job openings in and around the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area. Whether you’re seeking something new or are ready for a change we have roles across most nursing specialities in our Adult Acute, Maternity, Children’s Nursing, Mental Health Services and Community teams.
What is important to us is that you come with a passion for people, culture and patient care to help us shape and deliver the highest standards in professional practice delivered by our staff. In return, we can offer the right development and support by our multi-disciplinary team, clinical practice educators and a strong education ethos.
We have 35 hospitals of differing types providing a comprehensive range of Acute Hospital, Maternity, Mental Health and Community Care facilities.
We provide patient care through around 6, 000 beds across:
- 9 Acute (Adult and Children ) Inpatient Sites
- The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
- 10 Mental Health Inpatient Sites
- 61 Health Centres and Clinics
- 5 Mental Health Long stay rehabilitation sites
Each year we deliver around:
- Emergency Attendances: 510,000
- Scheduled inpatient day cases: 215,000
- Outpatients appointments: 1,185,000
- GP Attendances: 7.5 million
- Babies Delivered : 13,600
To find out more about our hospital sites visit: www.nhsggc.org.uk/locations/hospitals
To Apply you will required to meet the essential criteria:
- You should hold current registration with the NMC and be educated to degree level or equivalent
- Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices
- Experience of prioritising and working in a dynamic and fast paced clinical working environment
The Rewards
- Alongside a competitive salary, you can expect a comprehensive benefits package including pay enhancements on top of your basic salary for out-of-hours, shift and overtime working.
- NHS Pension Scheme
- A generous holiday entitlement starting at 27 days per year, rising to 29 days after five years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service, plus eight public holidays. If you join us from within the NHS, your accrued leave entitlement can be transferred to your new role.
- We also offer arrange of family friendly policies to support your work life balance
- The Scottish Government currently has a no compulsory redundancy position across NHS Scotland.
How to Apply
An example of an NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Registered Agenda for Change Band 5 Nurse Job Description is attached below.
To apply to join us you can access the NHS Scotland Online application form by clicking the 'Apply Now' button below.
When we receive your application we will arrange to contact you to discuss the range of career opportunities and pathways available to fit with your skills, experience and career aspirations.
Please Note - If you are a final year Nursing /Midwife student expected to graduate in 2022 please do not use this route to submit a job application as it will not be taken forward for shortlisting. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Newly Qualified Nurse /Midwife NQN Recruitment Programme will open in Spring 2022 which is the only route we will accept applications from 2022 NQNs. The NQN recruitment campaign go live dates will be updated via your University in due course.
Visit www.nhsggc.org.uk to find out more about NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Informal Enquiries: Nursing.Recruitment@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
We would love you to come and join us and help us realise our ambition of ‘Growing our Great Community’
