Registered Nurse – Macmillan

Job Description

Position

The position involves developing and maintaining a high standard of nursing care, with responsibility for managing both patient care and the care environment in the absence of the senior nurse. The post-holder will share responsibility for resource management, leadership and education while on duty, ensuring safe and effective service delivery.

Working as part of the Macmillan multidisciplinary team, the post-holder will contribute to the delivery of evidence and research based care, demonstrating leadership and providing guidance to junior nursing staff. They will work in partnership with colleagues to ensure patients, their relatives and carers receive a consistently high standard of care, delivered in line with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and all relevant local and national health and safety requirements.

The role also requires ongoing development of clinical expertise, alongside responsibility for the teaching, supervision and assessment of student nurses and junior or unregistered staff, particularly when taking charge of a shift.

Candidate

The candidate will be a UK NMC registered nurse with effective listening and interpersonal skills, demonstrating the ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively with patients, families and colleagues. They will have strong time management skills, enabling them to prioritise workload and deliver care efficiently within a busy clinical environment. The successful candidate will also be able to meet the full range of criteria outlined in the job description, supporting safe, effective and high quality patient care.

Location, Working Pattern and Contract Duration

This post will be based at The Balfour

The successful candidate will work: Full Time 36 hours per week

This post is Permanent

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NHS Orkney.

Benefits and Salary

The salary for this post is Band 5 and if residing on Orkney you’ll also receive a Distant Islands Allowance of £1,719 pro rata per annum, adding extra value to your rewarding career with us.

NHS Orkney also offers an attractive pension scheme, wide range of work life balance policies, employee assistance programme and various discounts to both local and national retailers.

EEO Statement

NHS Orkney is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.

AI Disclaimer

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Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Contact

For further guidance on the recruitment process and tips for creating a strong application, please refer to our Candidate Application Pack.

To find out more about this opportunity please contact Emma McGuigan, Senior Charge Nurse at .

This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.