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An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Public Health Department for a Health Protection Nurse Specialist. The postholder will provide Health Protection Nurse specialist advice on all health protection issues including communicable diseases, infection prevention control, and environmental health hazards and will take a lead role in providing specialist advice regarding blood borne viruses. They will be integral to the efforts of the Health Protection Team whose role is to ensure the health of the population in Highland is protected and promoted. At the current time (and in the medium to long term) the postholder will also be critical to the NHS Highland COVID-19 response.
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 small, friendly Health Protection Team which sits within the wider multi-disciplinary Public Health Directorate.
Duties include: taking a key role in ensuring the provision of a daytime specialist health protection advisory service including receiving and responding to reports of cases or outbreaks of communicable diseases in the community and providing advice to professionals and the public on a wide range of health protection issues. You will also assist in the provision of infection prevention and control advice to organisations out with the NHS such as independent care homes and nurseries. Working in partnership with collegues both within and out with NHS Highland is a fundamental aspect of the role and you will contribute to the national health protection function through input to the Scottish Health Protection Network.
Applicants should be on the Nursing and Midwifery Council's register and should have a minimum of five years post-registration clinical experience, some of which should ideally be in a community setting.
We would welcome early, informal discussions with all interested individuals. This post is advertised as full-time however hours can be negotiable and will be discussed at interview.
Informal enquiries to: Dr Jenny Wares, Tel 01463 704886; Email: jennywares@nhs.net or Lynda Davidson, Tel: 01463 704975; Email: lynda.davidson@nhs.net
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