Charge Nurse - In Patient Unit Hospice Band 6 Starting Salary: £44,273 WTE pro rata per annum (based on 37.5 hours per week) (rising to Step 2 £ 48,636 WTE following satisfactory performance review) Pension Benefits 36 hours per week - split across Mon to Fri, Long days (0700-1930) St Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families. We currently have the following opportunity to join the Hospice: We are looking for an approachable, enthusiastic and committed registered nurse for this exciting and varied role. You’ll be based with our IPU team and be instrumental in providing support to our highly motivated and innovative staff providing high quality safe care. Working with the IPU lead, practice development team, quality assurance team, and wider hospice MDT, you will provide inspirational and motivational clinical leadership to a team of registered nurses and nursing auxiliaries. Your responsibilities will be to lead, supervise and manage the daily performance of staff, students, bank and agency staff and volunteers who are providing care to patients and act as a resource for clinical and professional learning. You will also play a key role in developing new projects and initiatives that positively impact on the care that we deliver throughout our clinical services in supporting safe, effective and person-centred practices. You will need an appreciation and understanding of working in a busy environment and be responsible for implementing and maintaining well-organised systems to deliver a varied range of project objectives on time. You will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be a great team player, can work independently and be able to work under pressure. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sally Ramage on 0131 551 1381. For an application form and job description, visit our website at www.stcolumbashospice.org.uk or email jobsstcolumbashospice.org.uk CLOSING DATE: 17 March 2025 Scottish Charity No SC003634