Staff Nurse

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BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL

SPECIAL CARE BABY UNIT

NEONATAL/PAEDIATRIC STAFF NURSE

Permanent 34.5hrs/week

Band 5

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a band 5 Neonatal/Paediatric Staff Nurse within our Special Care Baby Unit in Borders General Hospital.

Our unit provides patient and family centred care to premature and sick newborns and their families. We are an 8 bedded unit consisting of 2 High dependency and 6 Nursery cots, serving the Scottish Borders area. We are responsible for the care of babies within the Special Care unit as well as supporting babies on transitional Care in the maternity ward.

We would welcome enthusiastic and hardworking band 5 Neonatal/Paediatric Staff Nurses with an interest in Neonatal Care to apply for this post.

Any enquiries to: Fiona Dickson, Senior Charge Nurse, SCBU,BGH 01896 826000- bleep 6122

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.

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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 visa 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. 

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form

• PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early**
  
  

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.