An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community Nurse to join the Banff & Buchan North Community Nursing Team in the Banff/Portsoy Locality, based in MacDuff Health Centre. The successful candidate will support the management of patients registered with An Caorann practice in Portsoy and MacDuff Medical Practice.
This is a challenging role in which the successful candidates will take responsibility for daily leadership within the team, utilising skills in advanced clinical practice to ensuring the delivery of high-quality nursing care under delegation of the district nurse. This is an exciting time to work with Health and Social Care teams to shape the future of our locality, with a willingness to contribute ideas and work in partnership to ensure the best possible delivery model for our community.
Candidates should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be committed to team working, and ongoing professional development.
Car driver/owner essential.
Community experience is essential and candidates must possess a diploma in Integrated community nursing as a qualification, with additional qualifications in advanced clinical examination and non-medical prescribing or be willing to commence course within first year of post.
Working independently as a lone worker, the successful candidates will have community experience and nursing skills including all forms of catheterisation, palliative care, wound care, venepuncture and promotion of continence. An interest in preceptorship, mentoring and teaching junior staff and pre-reg students is essential.
The successful candidate will work across the Banff, MacDuff and Portosy area nursing housebound patients within their own home. Shift pattern 0830-1700 Monday to Friday.
Please be advised this post is for internal NHSG Staff only.