Clinical Nurse Manager Balfour Hospital Band 8a £61,713 - £66,493 including Distant Islands Allowance pro rata per annum Full Time 37 hours per week Permanent We are currently looking for an exceptional candidate to join our Nursing Team to embrace & champion quality care delivery and service improvement within The Balfour. As the Clinical Nurse Manager, you will work closely with the Nursing teams to support all aspects of Nursing care delivery across The Balfour site providing visible leadership, whilst supporting professional and clinical governance. The post requires you to be a Registered Nurse educated to master’s level or have an equivalent level of experience and have substantial experience in a senior Nursing role in an acute hospital setting. You will be working within an environment of change and ongoing service improvement. Excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills are therefore essential. This post requires vision, innovation, a commitment to joint working, the ability to work across professional boundaries and a real desire to provide the highest standards of care. You should possess sound clinical knowledge, be able to demonstrate a wide range of clinical skills, including the ability to offer interventions, advice, and delivery of safe, effective person-centred care. You must be able to demonstrate a commitment to developing a learning culture where staff growth, wellbeing and engagement are crucial in supporting the delivery of care. 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. Rise to the challenge and enjoy the opportunity – Orkney is a wonderful place to live and work and voted one of the happiest places to live in the UK. Orkney offers low pollution, low crime, excellent schools, good leisure facilities, unique wildlife and amazing scenery. For further information please contact Michelle Mackie, Interim Deputy Director of Nursing Tel 01856 888986 or email on michelle.mackienhs.scot