OUR VALUES IN ACTION • Care and Compassion • Quality and Teamwork • Dignity and Respect • Openness, honesty and responsibility NHS Borders are delighted to invite applicants to join our Adult Community Mental Health Service as Band 6 Mental Health Nurse.
This is a fantastic career move and brings with it a lifestyle changing opportunity to work in the Scottish Borders and experience the benefits of rural life with very easy access to major cities such as Edinburgh (37 Miles) Glasgow (75 miles) and Newcastle (75 miles).
Scottish Borders Adult Community Mental Health Service aim to deliver person centred, goal orientated, recovery focused and strength based care within our community.
As we progress with our transformation programme we see this an exciting opportunity to support the transformation of our services and indeed the way we support and care for people experiencing mental health conditions within the community.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual who can demonstrate strong leadership and clinical skills to support adult services.
Ideally experience of working within community mental health advantageous and a sound knowledge of current clinical practice essential.
We hope to provide the landscape for development and training in return.
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 Hiring Manager.
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.