Are you a Nurse Practitioner looking for a new and rewarding opportunity
Do you care deeply about delivering high-quality, compassionate patient care
Can you draw on a wide range of clinical experience to support patients effectively

NHS 24 is welcoming applications from experienced, NMC registered adult nurses to join the team as a Clinical Supervisor. In this role, you'll use your expertise to deliver high-quality clinical supervision within our telehealth service, supporting colleagues and helping ensure safe, person-centred care for patients. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and take the next step in your career.

Who We Are

As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services.

Where We Are

Our Regional Centres are located at Aberdeen, Cardonald, Clydebank, Dundee and South Queensferry. This role is advertised for our Cardonald, Clydebank, Dundee and South Queensferry Regional Centres.

This Role

Deliver high-quality telephone triage, using your clinical expertise to ensure safe, effective and person-centred care in a fast-paced and innovative service
Work as an autonomous practitioner, applying professional judgement, knowledge and experience to undertake comprehensive clinical triage of patients
Ensure patients and their families receive timely, appropriate, safe and person-centered care, demonstrating compassion, respect and clear clinical reasoning in all decision-making
At times act as a trusted source of real-time clinical support for peers and non-clinical staff contributing to safe decision-making and outcomes.
Provide clear, accurate and accessible healthcare information to patients and carers, supporting understanding and informed choices
Offer tailored self-care and health improvement advice, supporting patients to manage their condition safely where appropriate
Direct patients to the most appropriate service or care setting, ensuring individual needs are fully considered
Recognise and respond to clinical risk and acuity taking appropriate escalation action to maintain patient safety

Who are we looking for

You will be registered as an Adult nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register
You will possess excellent clinical decision-making skills
Extensive post registration experience, preferably within an acute or primary care setting, with a broad range of knowledge across a number of specialties
Critical decision-making skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Our Enhanced Salary Package

NHS 24 offers a total reward package, with a permanent contract on Band 6 £43,231 - £52,679* (pro rata for part-time hours). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.

Competitive salary enhancements for working unsocial hours are in addition to the above basic starting salary of £43,231, this means that the following hourly rates would be applicable -

Basic Hourly Rate of £23.03
Saturday / After 8pm Weekday Hourly Rate of £29.93
Sunday / Public Holiday Hourly Rate of £36.84

Earning Potential Example

As NHS 24 is predominately an out of hours employer, this means that actual earnings will include payments made for working evenings, nights, weekend shifts and public holidays.

As an example, Clinical Supervisors, on a starting salary of £43,231 working 36, 30, or 24 hours rotas with 5 out of 8 weekends, could expect to receive estimated earning as follows -

Contracted hours

Monthly Basic Pay*

Monthly Enhancements

Monthly total*

36

£3602

£1080

£4682

30

£3001

£900

£3901

24

£2401

£720

£2921

Figures shown are before deductions

Shift patterns which could be available (please note these are examples only):

16, 24, 30, 36 hours/week - hours are worked on average across an 8-week rota pattern.

16hrs- 8/8 weekends (working 8hr shifts)
24hrs- 5/8 weekends
24hrs- 6/8 weekends
30hrs- 5/8 weekends
30hrs- 6/8 weekends
30hrs- 8/8 weekends
36hrs- 5/8 weekends

Example rotas are available in the job pack.

Additional Benefits

We also offer you many supportive policies to enhance your employee journey and have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and a range of learning and development.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
enhanced pay for working during out of hours period (see above)
enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
NHS discounts on goods and services
HELP, employee support and assistance

Interested

Please access the Digital Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Digital Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application.

We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.

Our mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. As an organisation that promotes inclusion, we celebrate difference, and we encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work.

We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan, which builds on our existing equalities work, and this will help us to measure our progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation.

NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visas as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

Please note that NHS 24 is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you already have the appropriate right to work in the UK BEFORE submitting your application form.

Clinical Supervisor (Band 6 Nurse Practitioner)