Nurse Specialist - Airdrie, United Kingdom - NHS Lanarkshire

    NHS Lanarkshire
    NHS Lanarkshire Airdrie, United Kingdom

    4 weeks ago

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    Fixed-term or Secondment
    Description

    The Role

    We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Clinical Practitioner role, providing care, expert advice and support, operating within a defined specialism across NHS Lanarkshire.

    The post holder will ensure a person centered approach to care delivery which is safe and effective to ensure and maintain quality strategy.

    To contribute to the development and implementation of a programme of clinical audit and research activity.

    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
  • Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
  • Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
  • Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.
  • Leadership skills to enable the day to day management of service delivery.
  • Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
  • The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative
  • Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Effective time management skills
  • Working knowledge of basic information technology
  • Contract type

  • Secondment/Fixed Term for a period of 24 months
  • Part Time
  • 31.6 hours
  • Please note part time post - the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

    Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

    Location and Working Pattern

  • This role will be based in Urology DEPT within University Hospital Monklands
  • The working pattern for this role will be varied
  • Looking to find out more?

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

    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 .