District Nurse Team Leader/District Nurse in Training

ANGUS HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP DISTRICT NURSING SERVICES ANGUS

ARBROATH

District Nurse Team Leader / District Nurse in Training

Band 6

With effect from 01 April 2026, NHS Scotland is reducing its full time working week from 37 to 36 hours per week, there will be no change in full time pay.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 registered nurse who holds a specialist practitioner qualification (SPQ) in District Nursing to join the community nursing teams in Angus. You will be expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service which will mean rotation of shifts/base across Angus to ensure provision of service over the 24-hour period over 7 days. Base will be decided after interview.

Applicants without the SPQ will be considered within a training post. The post holder will be provided with full support to complete the SPQ qualification through Robert Gordon University commencing September 2026. You will be expected to undertake a stand-alone module prior to commencing training in September.

You should have excellent leadership and change management skills, to include managing a caseload and skill-mix team of staff. You will work in close partnership with colleagues across Angus to achieve the objectives of the Angus Health & Social Care Partnership Strategic Plan, ensuring an integrated approach to the delivery of compassionate care. Being an individual with an attitude to support excellent team working will be essential as will understanding how to develop, grow and nurture strong interpersonal relationships. These will be critical values and qualities which will develop and drive high performance to ensure the delivery of the best care experience possible.

A key objective will be to support the design and delivery of new models and pathways of care within the services.

This is a demanding specialist role, requiring high levels of professional skills to work effectively across a complex and competing multi-agency environment, where partnership working is essential. Excellent communication skills, collaborative leadership and highly developed interpersonal skills are a pre-requisite to meeting all of the above.

NHS Tayside and Angus Health & Social Care Partnership is a Values Based Organisation and are both passionate about and committed to the values of NHS Scotland which are:

Dignity and Respect

Openness, Honest and Responsibility

Quality and Teamwork

Care and Compassion

At our core we are committed to learning, reflecting, integrating and applying our learning in continual cycles. We have a structured staff review system and offer professional support through our clinical and non clinical networks. We are committed to regular professional development and in-service training and personal and professional development.

A requirement of the post is the ability and willingness to travel across the geographical area of Angus Health & Social Care Partnership. Please see job description for further details of the post

Hours of work are: 37 hours - part-time hours would be considered for suitable candidate

Informal enquiries to: Susan Winter, DN Locality Lead on or Jeni McInnes, Senior Nurse on

Please note: the attached job description/s are currently under review.

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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