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NHS TAYSIDE – AGENDA FOR CHANGE
JOB DESCRIPTION
1.
JOB IDENTIFICATION
Job Title
Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
Department(s)/Location
Tayside Heart Failure Liaison Service / Medicine
Number of job holders
Three
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2. JOB PURPOSE
The aim of this post is to improve the management and support of patients with chronic heart
failure, and their carers/families, to reduce unnecessary hospital re-admissions, and to provide
seamless care between the primary care and acute care areas.
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Practices autonomously, effectively managing a caseload to co-ordinate and deliver an
expert nursing service within the Heart Failure Nurse Liaison Service, ensuring that
assessment of care needs are central to the development, implementation and evaluation of
programs of care.
Is responsible for ensuring that standards of practice are maintained, monitored, reviewed
and continuously developed and that safe and effective care is delivered within the scope of
practice as part of a healthcare team.
Collaborates with a range of health care staff and other agencies in the provision of an
integrated service providing information and support whilst ensuring an accessible source of
clinical expertise to those above, clients, carers, and relatives for this specialist field of
practice.
ORGANISATIONAL POSITION
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Clinical Services Manager ……..Associate Director of Nursing
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Head of Nursing
Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
4. SCOPE AND RANGE
 The Heart Failure Nurse Liaison Service (HFNLS) manages patients with deteriorating heart
failure in the community, following hospital discharge. This service covers the Tayside
region with a population of approx 385,653.
 Monthly statistics for this cohort of patients demonstrates that approximately 180 patient
contacts are made per calendar month.
 The HFNLS optimises the management of patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF), by
devising and implementing agreed protocols as recommended within the Tayside Medical
Therapy Guidelines drawn up in conjunction with leading medical practitioners in the
region.
Environment of Care
Domiciliary Visits
Specialist Nurse Led Clinics
Primary and/or Secondary Care
Budgetary Responsibilities
Ensure effective use of physical, human and financial resources within the area, including
nursing budget for equipment and disposable stock items
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5. MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Care Delivery
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Provides and manages an expert specialist service, for people with heart failure, in multisettings eg home, hospital, clinic.
Develops and implements service policies for own work area and proposes policy or service
changes in accordance with local needs, ensuring that consideration is taken of the impact
these changes have beyond own area of activity and throughout the region e.g. policy
changes may impact on other disciplines within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
Works as an autonomous health professional within a lone working environment
Is responsible for the management of a caseload/ client group utilising individual care
programs that are created in partnership with the patient, whose needs may be unpredictable,
to ensure high quality care delivery. This must be achieved by support, education and
involvement regarding the planning of management strategies.
Develops and leads care delivery in a specialist nurse led clinic environment
As an Independent Nurse Prescriber is responsible for the initiation and titration of a wide
range of evidence based heart failure medications, on a daily basis, as supported by the
Tayside Heart Failure Service Guidelines
Is responsible for reaching accurate clinical decisions, upon which to build management
strategies based on highly complex facts, information or findings which require continual
analysis and comparison from a range of suitable options for each clients e.g. prescribing
medication for heart failure in a patient with co-morbidities such as diabetes or renal failure,
which the effect of intervention may exacerbate co-existing illness/ stability
Is responsible for the ordering of urgent/non-urgent diagnostic tests such as biochemistry,
24hr ECG, 24hr BP in response to the patient’s clinical condition
Is responsible for obtaining diagnostic samples with accurate use of physical/ fine motor
skills e.g. venepuncture
Is responsible for the instigation of appropriate levels of adverse incidence reporting and
subsequent investigation
Maintains contemporaneous, accurate and legible HFNLS patient records that reflect current
care needs and uses the Heart Failure database to record all patient contact, generate
immediate GP and Consultant correspondence, and provides a facility to collate all
necessary audit information.
Effectively manages all unscheduled care requests whilst ensuring ongoing routine care
delivery remains unaffected – resulting in constant adjustment of plans/ strategies.
Is responsible for patient/carer knowledge assessment and ensures that opportunities are
achieved to address unmet needs within this group to enhance the ability for partnership
based clinical decision making, thus assisting in developing coping mechanism and self care
strategies
Adheres to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct and Guidelines for
Administration of Medicines, as practitioners who hold a recordable qualification with the
NMC
Interpretation of complex biochemistry results and observation of patient, providing timely
response to individual clinical management to stabilise patient and prevent or reduce the risk
of hospital admission
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Management
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Participates in the recruitment and selection of staff for own area
Has bleep holder responsibilities for HFNLS
Ensures staff development and supports appropriate level of supervision, mentorship,
induction and orientation to colleagues and students as necessary
Maintains own personal development plan and identify/plan training and development to
meet both individual and service needs
Has shared responsibility within the team for the development of HFNLS operational
protocols for this new service, ensuring that cross-region acceptance is achieved
resulting in the successful implementation and awareness of the service. This also
encompasses annual review and evaluation procedures for service.
Has shared responsibility for planning and delivery of service introduction across
primary and secondary care throughout the region, requiring programmes of activity to
be undertaken e.g. regional presentations/ discussion forums that involve all potential
users of this service
Is responsible for maintaining appropriate levels of expertise and skill mix available
managing annual leave/ study leave entitlement ensuring successful workforce planning.
Ensures current professional registration to include additional qualifications such as
Independent Nurse Prescribing.
Has responsibility for implementing effective operational systems to ensure safe lone
working practices within the team.
Has shared accountability for delivery of HFNLS within the sub-group of Medicine and
Cardiovascular.
Creates, implements and ensures maintenance of a suitable referral mechanism for the
multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to access the service with ease.
Contributes to the development of professional and organisational policies, procedures
and guidelines, and working groups e.g. Tayside Heart Failure Working Group (HFWG)
Acts as an expert/ specialist nursing resource for the MDT and assists in the
development of new services within the trust by freely sharing experiential learning
Implements national and local risk management and health and safety policies within the
HFNLS, acting on any identified risks. Implements identified actions arising from
incident investigation and root cause analysis.
Actively involves service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current
service and suggestions for improvements
Deputises in the absence of line manager to ensure the continued visibility and
involvement of the HFNLS e.g. attendance of steering group meetings
Education & Continuing Professional Development
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Identifies, analyses, prioritises and negotiates own training and development needs
taking account of all mandatory requirements for the Trust whilst facilitating personal
and professional growth to meet the needs of the service and its users.
As an Independent Prescriber, ensures that continual professional development
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opportunities are addressed within the HFNLS and the Trust to ensure
accountability/liability knowledge is updated and built upon as able.
Is responsible for provision of core/ specialist educational needs for other health care
professionals e.g. teaching at University of Dundee on Critical Care Module (Degree
Level), locally arranged learning opportunities such as Angus CHD/Stroke Study Day,
Practice Pharmacist training updates. Shares the lead in implementing and evaluating
change in practice, and supporting all associated health care colleagues such as GPs,
consultants, nurses and pharmacists, through the change process by initiating discussion
to debate and influence improvements in practice e.g. Tayside wide consultation process
for the developing HFNLS
Delivers health promotion activity raising awareness of communities and populations
about health and well-being, and the actions that can be taken to address issues e.g.
through public presentations, cardiac support groups etc
Acts as a clinical expert for the MDT, having gained highly developed specialist
knowledge through experience, education and training.
Advises on educational opportunities that will facilitate the development and support of
knowledge and skills of the MDT, to ensure that they develop their clinical practice e.g.
University Modules, Work Shadowing etc
Achieves and maintains a range of clinical competencies as required - within the trust,
relevant specialist bodies such as HFWG and NMC, and by educational courses e.g.
Independent Prescribing course.
Quality Research & Development
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Shares lead on a specific aspect of quality improvement initiatives i.e. undertaking
baseline audit prior to service introduction, to quantify post introduction, clinical
effectiveness, clinical excellence and value for money.
Assists with and contributes information to ongoing research projects such as clinical/
drug trials.
Works within an ethical and legal framework, having developed defined policies,
procedures, standards and protocols of the department, organisation and NHS Tayside,
to promote safe and effective evidence based practice and contribute to quality
improvement within heart failure management.
Influences and supports implementation of the organisation’s clinical governance
framework.
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6. COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
The post-holder has established and maintains relationships based on mutual respect,
communicating on a regular basis with the patients/relatives/multi-disciplinary team/general
public and external agencies involved in provision of care. The post-holder ensures appropriate
systems are developed and operational to facilitate dissemination of information across the
organisation.
Communication with stakeholders internal and external:
 Internal – patients, relatives, carers, general public, medical and nursing staff, pharmacists,
students, relevant departments within the hospital e.g. palliative care team, diagnostic depts,
other clinical nurse specialists, social workers etc.
 External – General Practitioners, practice and community pharmacists, practice and district
nurses, community palliative care teams, social services, patient support groups, general
public and allied health professionals.
Methods of communication –face to face, telephone, fax, e-mail, letter.
 Information communicated is often urgent, complex and complicated e.g. when a patient’s
condition has deteriorated and requires urgent attention from other MDT members
 Information received and provided, is often of a highly complex, highly sensitive or highly
contentious nature e.g. when a patient has a poor prognosis or is terminally ill.
 Timely communication is required to discuss diagnosis, prognosis, diagnostic findings,
treatments, clinical management plans, patient response to medication changes, side effects
and adverse reaction reporting.
 The post-holder has highly developed communication skills enabling effective working
relationships to be built with patients, relatives, carers, other health care professionals, and
students. These communication skills allow the post-holder to exercise tact and diplomacy,
and to appreciate the needs and priorities of others.
Communication skills used : Motivational skills used to promote positive behaviour and influence lifestyle changes in
patients; to ensure all MDT members are on board with service provision; when teaching
to other groups – like the first part of this (not highlighted) but not sure what you mean by
the second part.
 Negotiation skills required – e.g. when communicating with patients to achieve treatment
options which are acceptable to them and their lifestyles; when discussing treatment options
with General practitioners; to resolve any conflict which may occur with stakeholders.
 Interpersonal and communication skills of a high level are required to deal with highly
emotional situations e.g. when informing patient/carers of terminal illness; death.
 Empathy and compassion required when communicating bad news to patients regarding
their prognosis.
 Highly developed communication skills required to deal with barriers of understanding e.g.
cognitive impairment, poor English – can you write this – not sure – may be better to put
English not first language, learning disabilities, patients/carers in denial of condition.
 The post-holder must have the ability to impart complex information to patients/carers with
varying levels of understanding.
 Teaching skills required to deliver information to groups of students or health care
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professionals, to promote interest and understanding of the subject
Public speaking skills required when presenting complex and contentious information to
large groups of other healthcare professionals - e.g. the consultation process for HFNLS
introduction across Tayside, Practice pharmacists protected learning time - often groups in
excess of 60 people.
Tact and diplomacy required frequently when communicating with impolite or
aggressive individuals and those with strongly opposing views and
objectives.
Non-verbal communication skills required constantly when dealing with difficult situations
eg distressed patients, relatives.
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB
First level nursing qualification Part 1 or 12 of the NMC Register with minimum first degree or
other qualification equivalent to level 9 of Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework
(SCQF)
Extensive post registration experience within cardiology and/or demonstrate expert clinical and
professional practice developed through experience and theoretical knowledge
Hold or willing to work to a recognised Master’s degree level 11 of Scottish Credit and
Qualifications Framework (SCQF) specialised qualification relevant to specific post.
A relevant post-registration qualification within Cardiology is also desirable
ESSENTIAL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
The postholder is competent in the use of multiple systems and equipment
Information Technology.
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Central vision laboratory system (used several times per shift)
Tayside heart failure liaison data base (used several times per shift)
HEARTS MCN Database (used several times per shift)
Fax, intranet and e-mail (used several times per shift)
Adverse Incident Management System to report and verify incidents (used approximately
twice monthly)
Computers/printers and associated soft-ware (used several times per shift)
TOPAS clinic booking system (used daily)
ACHI system (used daily)
Manual Handling
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Wheelchairs (occasional)
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Carrying of equipment to and from patient homes – distances vary due to parking
availability Approximate weight 10-15 kg (several times per shift)
Near Patient Testing
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Blood pressure monitoring (several times per shift)
Phlebotomy (vacutainer and butterfly systems) and safe disposal of sharp equipment and
contaminated materials.(several times per shift)
Blood glucose monitoring (occasionally)
Medical Devices
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The post holder is responsible for the ordering, maintenance, safe storage and security of the
following equipment: Surgical instruments e.g. needles, syringes, vacutainers
Stethoscope
Automated/manual blood pressure monitoring equipment
Prescription Pads
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Responsible for safe, secure storage of these items and monitoring of issued prescriptions
RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT
All records created in the course of the business of NHS Tayside are corporate records and are
public records under the terms of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937. This includes email
messages and other electronic records. It is your responsibility to ensure that you keep
appropriate records of your work in NHS Tayside and manage those records in keeping with the
NHS Tayside Records Management Policy and with any guidance produced by NHS Tayside
specific to your employment.
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DEMANDS OF THE JOB
Physical skills
 Cross region driving (several times per shift)
 Phlebotomy skills (several times per shift)
Physical Demands
 Challenging working conditions e.g. cramped home environment (several times per shift)
 Ongoing moderate physical effort e.g. carrying of equipment (several times per shift)
 Occasional restrictive movements to treat patients e.g. stooping to undertake clinical skill/
assessment (several times per shift)
 Maintaining sterility during invasive skilled procedures
Mental Demands
 Clinical decision making regarding treatment options (several times per shift)
 Prescribing of treatment therapies (several times per shift)
 Conditions out with ability to control eg road traffic/weather when driving (daily)
 Prolonged concentration when driving – single journeys of 1 - 1.5 hours (weekly)
 Concentration required in patient’s home when checking documents/patients notes and
adjusting drug dosages, whilst subject to interruptions from patients/ relatives
 Prolonged concentration required to compile accurate patient data and input relevant
information into data base , whilst subject to frequent interruptions eg phone calls, team
members.(several times per shift)
 Concentration required when observing patient/ carers behaviour, which may be
unpredictable.
 Concentration required for awareness of environment eg when working as a lone
practitioner, ensuring own safety (several times per shift)
 Prioritising requirements of unscheduled patient contact whilst ensuring continuation of
routine care delivery eg patient decompensation (once per shift)
 Provision of expert clinical training eg study sessions both formal and informal, students and
university ( approx.5 hours monthly)
 Ensuring efficient communication is achieved within specified time frame (several times per
shift)
 Ability to re-prioritise appropriately to sudden changes in patient clinical condition and deal
with new needs effectively, whilst in the unsupported environment of a home visit (once a
month)
 Meeting the needs of all stakeholders with finite resources
 Keeping abreast of national and local policy directives and evidence based practice,
interpreting applicability and adapting for local implementation
 Continuously motivating, enthusing and maintaining the morale of the team within an ever
changing environment
 Balancing attendance at local and national conventions/ meetings whilst maintaining
visibility and accessibility in the environment of care (approx once every two months)
 Exposure to and responding to volatile situations/ aggression due to circumstances often out
with control (approx once every two months)
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Emotional Demands
 Dealing with the consequences of diagnosis and prognosis eg terminal stage of disease
process
 Communicating with distressed / anxious or worried patients / relatives (several times per
shift)
 Supporting patients / carers following receipt of distressing news eg poor prognosis (weekly)
 Caring for the terminally ill patient (several times per week)
 Imparting of difficult/complex health information (several times per shift)
 Supporting of HFNLS team members with personal and professional issues
 Supporting all HFNLS team members with the emotional burden of professional, managerial
and public expectations of health care services
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Caring for families / carers following sudden or unexpected death of patient (occasional)
Caring for patients / families / carers faced with major complications delaying recovery
Meeting deadlines in the face of conflicting priorities or demands
Working Conditions
 Frequent requirement to use road transportation e.g. driving for long periods (several times
per shift)
 Lone practitioner working (constant whilst outwith office environment)
 Exposure to body fluids e.g. blood during phlebotomy (several times daily)
 Exposure to verbal aggression (approx once a month)
 Patient positioning e.g. near patient testing (several times per shift)
 Venepuncture (several times per shift)
 Exposure to smoke (once per shift)
 Exposure to unclean environment e.g. patient homes (several times weekly)
10. DECISIONS AND JUDGEMENTS
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Is guided by Heart Failure Working Group guidelines, HFNLS policies and NHS Tayside
policies which are interpreted to make individual decisions regarding management strategies,
thus allowing freedom to act as autonomous practitioners.
Is, as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for managing own diary, caseload and
strategies for patient care
Has a responsibility to reach sound clinical decisions that will result in the altering of
management therapies in accordance with the Tayside Medication Therapy Guidelines /
Tayside HFNLS guidelines. These decisions and judgements often involve complex
information, which requires analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options,
e.g. analysis of abnormal blood results and clinical examination to decide most appropriate
medication to prescribe.
Is responsible for carrying out clinical examination/assessment and reaching sound clinical
decisions regarding patients with multiple pathologies and poly-pharmacy. e.g. decisions
have to be made where there is not one clear solution, but a range of options.
Is accountable for prescribing decisions and must ensure safe prescribing practice.
Frequently prioritises the requirements of unscheduled patient contact (to reduce the need for
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hospital readmission), whilst ensuring continuation of routine care delivery e.g. patient
decompensation of heart failure (approximately once per shift)
Has responsibility for standards and quality of clinical practice
Has responsibility for reviewing and reflecting upon decisions in relation to assessing,
monitoring, evaluating and interpreting patients conditions and effectiveness of their care
programs e.g. HFNLS monthly case reviews
Regularly supports and supervises patients / carers / relatives to reflect upon and review their
decisions in relation to care management and effectiveness of their care programs
Participates in Clinical Supervision to enhance care delivery
Has bleep holder responsibility for HFNLS - involves timely response to patients needs,
answering queries and taking referral information
Assesses referred patients to decide whether they meet inclusion not referral criteria and are
appropriate for service intervention.
Liaises with Nurse Coordinator for formal appraisal of performance
11. MOST CHALLENGING/DIFFICULT PARTS OF THE JOB
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Effective management and prioritisation of competing demands within an unpredictable
environment eg rescheduling workload to enable prompt action when a patient’s condition
deteriorates suddenly.
Timely communication with persons with differing priorities, commitments and agendas, eg
often difficult to get in touch with medical staff, GPs promptly due to their own
commitments.
Acting appropriately to adverse results occurring due to prescribing decisions.
Balancing the demands of all stakeholders to provide an efficient, safe and effective service.
Promoting and maintaining continuing development of HFNLS within available resources
and through evaluation, demonstrate the impact of the service on patient care.
The constantly changing and developing nature of new service
Complaints
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Person Specification
POST REF NO:
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JOB TITLE/BAND:
Senior Specialist Nurse, Band 7
LOCATION:
Heart Failure Liaison Service, Ninewells
HOURS:
18.75 hours per week
CRITERIA
ESSENTIAL
EXPERIENCE:
Extensive post registration
experience within cardiology
and/or demonstrate expert clinical
and professional practice
developed through experience
and theoretical knowledge
DESIRABLE
Experience of leading and
supporting redesign quality
improvement
QUALIFICATIONS:
(Training; Research;
Publications)
First level nursing qualification
Part 1 or 12 of the NMC Register
with minimum first degree or other
qualification equivalent to level 9
of Scottish Credit and
Qualifications Framework (SCQF)
Hold or willing to work towards a
recognised Masters degree level 11
of Scottish Credit and Qualifications
Framework (SCQF) specialised
qualification relevant to specific post
A relevant post-registration
qualification within Cardiology
KNOWLEDGE &
SKILLS:
Demonstrates responsible,
accountable practice
Experience of working autonomously
with minimal supervision
Effective decision making skills
Independently prescribe or be willing
to undertake non-medical
prescribing course
Have expert knowledge of the
relevant anatomy, physiology,
disease process and treatment
options acting as an expert
resource for Cardiology
Demonstrate the ability to accept
and manage direct referrals,
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Knowledge of current evidence and
direction of travel for NHS Scotland
working autonomously to assess,
plan, deliver and evaluate care.
Excellent communication skills
Computer and information literacy
Ability to deliver and lead
educational programmes
PERSONAL
QUALITIES:
Ability to lead and manage teams,
lead practice and continuous
professional development,
working effectively as part of a
multi-professional / multi-agency
team
Ability to lead on service delivery
Flexible to meet the demands of
the service
OTHER:
(eg travel across
Tayside)
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Ability to maintain professional and
personal credibility across all staff
groups demonstrating knowledge of
and ability to implement current
clinical policies and guidelines
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POST REF NO:
D/PS/39/15
JOB TITLE/GRADE:
Part Time Senior Specialist Nurse, Band 7
LOCATION:
Heart Failure Liaison Service, Ninewells Hospital
Conditions of Service
Remuneration
Hours of Duty
Superannuation
The terms and conditions of service for this post are those
determined by the NHS Staff Council.
The current salary scale for the post is £31,383
to £41,373
per annum (pro rata for part-time staff). Placing on the scale on
appointment is normally at the minimum but may be higher
subject to verification of previous relevant service.
Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
The hours of the post are 18.75 per week. Start and finish times
will be determined by the needs of the service. This is a fixed
term/secondment post for 12 months to provide cover for a
secondment. The end date is subject to amendment should the
substantive post-holder give notice to change their return.
NHS Tayside Internal applicants: Written approval must be
sought from your line manager prior to applying for this
secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for
interview.
Membership of the NHS Superannuation Scheme is not
compulsory but is open to all staff between the ages of 16 and
70 (65 in some instances).
The contributions paid are a percentage of superannuable pay,
which is essentially basic pay excluding, for example, overtime
or travelling expenses.
Contribution rates with effect from 01.04.15 are as follows:
Annual Pensionable Pay
(Full-time equivalent)
Up to £15,828
£15,829 to £21,601
£21,602 to £27,089
£27,090 to £49,967
£49,968 to £71,337
£71,338 to £111,376
£111,377 and over
Annual Leave
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Contribution
5.2%
5.8%
7.3%
9.5%
12.7%
13.7%
14.7%
Contributions are subject to tax relief and reduced National
Insurance contributions. NHS Tayside also makes a substantial
contribution towards scheme benefits – currently around 14% of
basic pay.
On appointment = 27 days (pro rata for part-time Staff) or 5.4
weeks per year.
After 5 years aggregated service = 29 days (pro rata for part-time
staff) or 5.8 weeks per year
After 10 years aggregated service = 33 days (pro rata for parttime staff) or 6.6 weeks per year
References
Public Holidays = 8 days (pro rata for part-time staff) or 1.6
weeks per year
All offers of appointment are subject to receipt of two satisfactory
references.
Occupational Health
Clearance
All offers of appointment to new entrants to the National Health
Service are subject to a medical examination. Medical
examinations are arranged and undertaken by the Occupational
Health and Safety Advisory Service (OHSAS).
Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974
(Exclusions and
Exceptions) (Scotland)
Order 2003
All current or spent criminal convictions, cautions, warnings or
any case pending must be disclosed prior to commencing in
employment as detailed on the application form.
Disclosure Scotland
Immigration, Asylum and
Nationality Act 2006
Please note that having a conviction will not automatically debar
you from obtaining employment with NHS Tayside. Careful
consideration will be given to the relevance of the offence to the
particular post in question. However, if you are appointed, and it
is found that you did not reveal a previous conviction your
employment may be terminated.
The successful applicant will be required to become a member of
the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) in respect of
regulated work with protected adults and regulated work with
children.
It is a criminal offence for an employer to employ anyone who
does not have permission to live or work in the UK.
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to produce specific original
documentation at interview e.g. Passport, or full birth certificate
together with an official document giving the applicants
permanent National Insurance Number and name issued by a
Government Agency or a previous employer, as well as
photocopies of these documents.
Professional Registration/ You should have current and continuing professional registration
Induction Standards &
with NMC and hold the appropriate qualification(s).
Code of Conduct
Smoking Policy
NHS Tayside operates a No Smoking Policy and smoking
is prohibited within NHS premises and grounds.
Applications
Completed forms should be returned to:
recruitment.tayside@nhs.net quoting the job reference in the
subject line
or
to Human Resources Directorate, NHS Tayside, Level 9,
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY
By closing date of 16th June 2015
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