245947 – Registered Nurse – Flow Navigation Centre +

Job Description

About the Organisation

NHS Lanarkshire puts the patient at the heart of everything it does. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how healthcare services are delivered.

NHS Lanarkshire serves a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. It is comprised of Acute Services (hospital based services over three main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, and North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships, which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

As part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will assess care needs, develop care programmes, implement and evaluate these programmes, and ensure the delivery of high quality care to patients.

The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision and may demonstrate procedures to, and supervise, registered and / or unregistered staff as well as student nurses.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain effective communications with patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate information is shared and patient needs are met.
• Apply knowledge of all relevant National and Local policies, legislation, procedures, PREP, etc.
• Work within and adhere to the defined National policies, procedures, standards and protocols of the Ward, Directorate and Division.
• Be fully compliant with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other relevant guidance documents.
• Organise own and more junior staff workload and utilise time management skills to ensure that patients/clients interests are met.

What you’ll bring

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration.
• Excellent team working skills with the ability to work independently and initiate action.
• Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Basic working knowledge of information technology.

Working hours

From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part time working hours will be reduced on a pro rata basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged.

What we offer

• Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays.
• Generous NHS pension scheme.
• Annual incremental salary progression.
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
• NHS discounts and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.