Senior Charge Nurse Addictions & Mental Health - Band 7

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.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

The post holder has clinical, professional leadership and managerial responsibility for the nursing service within the Prison healthcare service and has overall responsibility for clinical and staff governance issues. The post holder will promote team working to maximise service performance and ensure the delivery of safe and effective clinical practice.

The post holder has overall responsibility for supervision of the assessment of care needs, the delivery and maintenance of optimal care outcomes in accordance with the clinical area ensuring that NHS Lothians standards, values and beliefs are upheld.

Enhancing the patient experience by ensuring that the highest standard of personalised assessment, treatment, care and support is delivered to patients in partnership with all members of the multi disciplinary team, ensuring a visible accessible approachable leadership presence.

Takes responsibility for ensuring that the department is efficiently managed at all times. This includes the management of the allocated budget in conjunction with the Health Care Manager/General Manager.

To carry out initial assessments of detainees with a view to identifying any pressing medical needs.

The post holder will primarily work week day hours however may be required to work unsocial hours and will travel throughout the Lothian when required.

**Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**   

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. 

The use of the term Senior in this post refers only to the level of experience and responsibility required for this post rather than age.   As such, applications from people of all ages are welcomed, subject to meeting the relevant criteria.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Sharlyn Taylor on .

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.