Staff Nurse
- Employer
- NHS Grampian
- Location
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Salary
- Band 5 (£26,104 - £32,915)
- Closing date
- 20 Jul 2022
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- Sector
- Acute Care Nursing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
- Setting
- NHS Trust/Hospital
- Job Role
- Staff Nurse
- Salary
- £20,000 - £30,000, £30,000 - £40,000
Job Details
The Department of Rheumatology provides specialist management for bone and joint disease in Grampian and consists of an Out Patient Department including a DXA Bone Scanning Service and a Day Case Unit. At present our very busy service generally operates Monday to Friday but is driven by service demands. We undertake a number of nurse led clinics and the Day Case Unit also undertakes a range of infusion therapies to treat patients. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team in order to meet the complex needs
of our service users with a variety of long-term conditions.
We are looking for a bright, motivated, hard working and enthusiastic Band 5 trained nurse to join our friendly team to work across our service. The successful applicant will have an interest in rheumatology or long term disease management and have the enthusiasm, ability and motivation to develop both themselves and their skills and knowledge in this disease area.
This is with a view to long term progression within the department as well as meeting the ongoing needs of our whole service and our team. Additional hours may also be available.
Good communication and organisational skills along with the desire or proven ability to provide a good standard of care and to prioritise a workload is essential. A willingness to be flexible across the week and adaptable to develop our future service is essential. Motivation and enthusiasm to be trained to undertake new and specialist skills/procedures such as venepuncture/cannulation, supporting patient education/assessment and delivering infusion therapies is also required. Previous experience in infusion therapy,outpatient clinics or long term conditions would be advantageous.
If you think this interesting post is for you we welcome informal enquiries and would strongly encourage you to come for an informal visit to see the full range of our patient services.
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Welcome to Grampian
Aberdeen is one of the world’s major centres for the oil and gas industry and one of the most successful and prosperous regions of the UK. Oil has not changed the underlying character of the area, and with its unique combination of rural and urban environments, superb transport links and friendly, welcoming people, we can promise you that Grampian, and in particular NHS Grampian, will provide an excellent living environment. Please take your time and read through the following to learn more about us, be astounded by the benefits available and apply for the many excellent employment opportunities we have on offer. We look forward to hearing from you and wish you success in your applications.
About NHS Grampian
NHS Grampian, which is one of the 14 Regional Health Boards in Scotland, provides healthcare services to the North-East of the country, covering the local government areas administered by Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Morayshire Councils. We employ around 14,500 staff who deliver our services to half a million people spread across 3,000 square miles of city, town, village and rural communities. We have extremely close links to the University of Aberdeen (with its internationally renowned Medical School and new Dental School) and The Robert Gordon University. These close links have made us a centre of pioneering medical research in a number of fields.Aberdeen, as a major Scottish city, is where most of our hospitals are located. Elgin in Moray, is the site of Dr Gray’s and the principal general hospital in the west of Grampian. In addition, there are a further 14 community hospitals, situated in each of the main towns.As an employer, we take great care to ensure that all staff have a safe, happy and professional environment in which to work. Clear policies, covering everything from Dignity at Work to Leave for Domestic, Personal and Family reasons - as well as a comprehensive Occupational Health Service - give our staff confidence and security. We are a listening, caring and people-focused organisation. As a diverse employer, we are welcoming and our employment practices are both flexible and family-friendly. In our approach we aim to be innovative and professional. We are proud of our heritage, proud of our area, history and traditions, and proud of the service we provide to the people of North-East Scotland.
Working with us
At NHS Grampian we have thousands of dedicated staff, all striving to provide the highest quality of healthcare, including almost every major medical specialty, to the population of North-East Scotland.
NHS Grampian are extremely proud of all of them, and of their unique contribution to the work we do every hour of every day of the year. So, as you’ve probably gathered, in addition to your expertise, appropriate qualifications and the experience necessary for each post we advertise, we also look for commitment, friendliness and enthusiasm in our employees. People matter at NHS Grampian and we welcome applications from every sector of the community.One of the greatest pleasures of living and working here in the North-East of Scotland is very different from the rest of the country. There is a charming balance between the cosmopolitan, internationally recognised oil capital that is Aberdeen, memorably described as a city with the culture of a village, and the rural, relaxed, outdoor lifestyle of the coastal and inland towns of Aberdeenshire and Moray.
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