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Trainee Specialist Community Public Health Nurse/School Nurse, Band 6 / annex 21 Para 2 (iii)

NHS Tayside has an excellent opportunity for Nurse’s to join our School Nurse Team. We have various positions available within Perth, Dundee or Angus areas. The post holder will be accountable for a delegated workload and work as part of a team. You will work in partnership with children, young people, families and multiagency colleagues to identify and support health needs for a designated population group, based on the principles of Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) National Practice Model. Candidates will have an awareness of child protection systems and be expected to provide accessible, safe, effective, person centred care as part of the School Nursing Service. Good communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills along with knowledge of IT systems is essential.

Applicants must be a current registered nurse at degree level. Who is willing to progress as a trainee onto the Advanced Nursing Practice Education (School Nursing) programme at Robert Gordon University on a distance learning approach supported by NHS Tayside.

As a trainee pay is determined as a percentage of the pay for qualified staff, in accordance with Annex 21 Paragraph 2 (iii) of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions.

For periods of training lasting for between one and four years, pay will be adjusted as follows:

• More than three years from completion of training; 60% of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate;
• More than two but less than three years prior to completion of training; 65% of the pay maximum for the qualified rate;
• More than one but less than two years prior to completion of training; 70% of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate;
• Up to twelve months prior to completion of training; 75% of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate

Successful candidates will commence the Postgraduate Diploma in Advancing Practice at the earliest opportunity.

If you want to improve the health and well being of our children and young people and would like to be part of the Transformation of School Nursing this is an ideal opportunity for you.

Please note: Following appointment and completion of an induction period, Band 6 SCPHN Trainees will have a caseload allocated as appropriate to their stage of training, learning and development needs, with support from a Practice Educator and SCPHN School Nurse within an allocated cluster team. Case load numbers may be variable dependant on the needs of the service. Support will be ongoing throughout the training period, with Team Leaders also available to provide additional assistance as needed.

Ability to travel across Tayside and the surrounding areas is essential.

Informal enquiries to:

Rachel Stevenson, Community Nurse Team Leader School Nursing Perth and Kinross, telephone 07827881904, email Rachel.Stevenson@nhs.scot

Laura Dryden, Community Nurse Team Leader School Nursing Dundee, 07827881908, Laura.Dryden@nhs.scot

Lisa Stewart, Community Nurse Team leader School Nursing Angus, 07812494839, Lisa.Stewart5@nhs.scot

Hours of work: core hours 09.00 to 17.00, Monday to Friday, various positions available in Perth, Dundee or Angus, 37.5 hours per week

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