• Are you a registered Health Visitor looking for a new challenge?
• Do you want the opportunity to develop managerial experience whilst retaining your clinical skills?
• Do you want to be part of a highly motivated Team Leaders that support staff and drive developments in Health Visiting within their teams?
If you answered “yes” to these questions, then you may be interested in this exciting leadership opportunity that has arisen within the Health Visiting service in Fife
This post sits within a supportive leadership team that are dedicated to ongoing learning, improvement, and development.
The successful candidate will have operational management and supervision responsibilities of a specific locality-based Health Visiting Team and will provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in the delivery of the service to the children and families within the caseload of that area.
You will work closely with the Lead Nurse to evidence and meet both local and national priorities and drive team developments.
Candidates must have experience delivering complex Health Visiting practice and have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. You will also be required to demonstrate proven leadership skills and be proactive, creative, and innovative in your approach.
You must be registered on Sub-part 1: RN1 or RNA or Sub-part 2: RN2 of the NMC Register and be registered on Sub-part 3 with a Special Health Visiting or Public Health qualification.
YOUR FUTURE, OUR FUTURE, FIFE’S FUTURE
With its vibrant fishing villages, magnificent beaches and miles of peaceful countryside, Fife is the perfect place to develop your career with the NHS. Steeped in history and buzzing with local restaurants and shops, Fife has something to offer everyone and its excellent transport links means you’re never far from Scotland’s major cities.
We are passionate about improving our service and actively encourage support and involvement from local people to allow them the chance to help shape their NHS. We’re looking for Health Visitors who share that passion to provide client-centred care that’s safe and clinically effective for the children and families of Fife.
Informal Enquiries: Gemma MacDonald Gemma.MacDonald2@nhs.scot 07880782222
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
