Registered Adult Nurse – Community Nursing

Job Description

Job title: Registered Adult Nurse – Community Nursing

Company: NHS Scotland

Job description: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse to join our Community District Nursing Team.

The Role

The post holder will be a Registered Nurse who will support the community nursing service in the delivery of the highest quality of health care and will be responsible and accountable for providing skilled nursing interventions as appropriate. The post holder will ensure a person-centred approach to care delivery which is safe and effective to ensure and maintain quality strategy.

The post holder will be expected to provide an accessible, appropriate, high quality and effective care service to all age groups in the community, by working in partnership with patients, care providers and other agencies. You will be responsible and accountable for assessing, planning and implementing of programmes of care. These will be developed in partnership with patients, family, carers and significant others, and will be evidence based taking into consideration the lifestyle, race, gender and cultural background, and factors which impact on physical, mental or emotional health. You will also contribute to the development of local policies and guidelines and promote effective health improvement in a community setting

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we’ll need you to bring

Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration

The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent team working skills with the ability to work using own initiative

A full UK Driving licence is essential for this post

Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Contract type

• Permanent
• Full time
• 37.5 hours

Location and Working Pattern

• This role will be based in District Nursing within the Houldsworth Centre
• The working pattern for this role will cover various shifts over a seven day period

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Michelle McKillop, Service Manager Community Nurses on michelle.mckillop@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Allison Mir, Recruitment Administrator on allison.mir@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the )

Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

Occupational health services

Employee Counselling services

Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .

Additional Information for Applicants

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this, must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at

Expected salary:

Location: Wishaw, North Lanarkshire

Job date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 06:02:36 GMT

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