Community Staff Nurse AA

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Staff Nurse to join the Fife Wide School Nursing Service on a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. You will work across Fife within a dynamic team of School Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Nursery Nurses and Healthcare Support Workers in a variety of settings including health centres and schools. If you would like to focus on a person centred care delivery approach to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for children, young people and families in Fife then we would welcome your application. Experience in supporting children & young people and their families and an awareness of the contemporary school nursing service would be an advantage however is not essential. Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post. For informal enquiries please contact Amanda Urquhart, School Nurse Team Leader on 07740589702. 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 Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society. 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. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. 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.