An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and conscientious individual to join our Community Specialist Palliative Care Team as an Operational Team Leader. We are looking for a highly motivated, resilient and enthusiastic nurse with experience in palliative care, evidence of leadership and management experience, and proven advanced communication skills to manage our Fife wide palliative care outreach team. You will be part of a forward thinking service delivering and supporting holistic care to the people of Fife with advanced life limiting illness.
The post holder will have a keen interest in palliative care, utilising your expert knowledge base and clinical competence, you will manage people with complex palliative care needs, and work to deliver the Palliative care strategy: Palliative Care Matters for all, set out by the Scottish Government that ‘everyone who needs palliative care will have access to it’.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for leading the delivery of the clinical service across Fife. The primary function of the role is to provide leadership, management, and communication to and for the team, driving quality initiatives, ensuring the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and responsive high quality care to patients and be a source of professional support to colleagues within the Health & Social Care Partnership and inpatient services and assist with integration in the wider service delivery of palliative care.
The post holder will work within the four pillars of practice, clinically providing high quality healthcare that is safe, effective and person centred. Facilitating learning by enabling effective learning in the workplace both with your team and wider across acute and Health and social care partnership. Leadership, inspiring and influencing others to achieve their maximum. Evidence, Research and development, supporting evidence to inform practice and improve patient care.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
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.
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