Senior Staff Nurse

An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, experienced, innovative and enthusiastic Senior Nurse to become the Senior Staff Nurse within the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at Woodend Hospital working as an integral part of the neurological rehabilitation pathway.

This a great opportunity for a senior nurse to join the Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership, experience working in an integrated service and play an integral part in ensuring the patient journey from admission to discharge is as pleasant as possible.

This is a challenging post in which the successful candidate will take responsibility for facilitating and providing clinical leadership and ensuring the delivery of high quality nursing care. Evidence of continuing professional development is essential. Excellent communication skills are a vital part of this senior post as is a genuine interest in care of patients following a stroke.

Evidence of excellent leadership skills will be required in this post to lead the nursing team forward to ensure the safe and effective delivery of patient care. The successful applicant will have a lead role in further developing the established ethos of the wider multi-disciplinary team towards the goal of a fully integrated, seamless patient pathway that is driven by goal-led rehabilitation planning.

The successful candidate should have at least two years experience at Band 5 and be able to evidence leadership skills and their application to practice.

The Stroke Rehabilitation Unit is a ward of 28 beds providing rehabilitation for patients following a stroke with varying levels of dependency, many requiring complex discharge planning including guardianship and cognitive impairment.

For informal enquiries please contact

SCN Amanda Mitchell 01224 556486 ***email_hidden***

Interview date to be confirmed.

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.