District Nurse/ Community Charge Nurse

NHS Scotland • Full-time • Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, GB • 1w ago

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.

With effect from 01 April 2026, NHS Scotland is reducing its full-time working week from 37 to 36 hours per week, there will be no change in full time pay.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a District Nurse/Community Charge Nurse to join our innovative and forward-thinking District Nursing Service in the North Locality.

The District Nurse/Community Charge Nurse will be responsible for the management of a caseload of community patients leading and managing a team of qualified nursing staff and health support workers.

You will provide an accessible, appropriate, high quality, culturally sensitive and effective nursing service in the community, by working in partnership with service users, care providers and other agencies. You will function as an independent autonomous practitioner by virtue of in-depth knowledge, expertise, proficiency and experience to lead and enable the district nursing team to provide a quality nursing service. You will be the clinical expert who will be accountable for case management and nursing activity within the caseload, and lead, manage and support the district nursing teams.

You should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will be committed to the development of an effective flexible person-centred nursing team through your ongoing professional development as well as that of your team.

Considerable community nursing experience is essential for this post and candidates must have already completed further study or demonstrate a willingness to complete further study towards a specialist practitioner community nursing qualification.

The post will be offered on an Annex 21 basis dependant on previous qualifications.

Hours of work are Monday – Sunday, 0800 – 2000hrs

Informal enquiries to:

Hannah Donaldson, Community Nursing Team Lead – 07580825260, hannah.donaldson2@nhs.scot

Samantha Devlin, Community Nursing Team Lead – 07900455014

Samantha.devlin@nhs.scot

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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