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Aberdeen City OOH Band 5 Community Nurse

Opportunities exist for Band 5 Community Nurses to join our Out of Hours Community Nursing Unscheduled Care Team within Aberdeen City HSCP.

You will be part of a team who predominately provide person centred, end of life care and symptom control for patients in their own homes, enabling them to remain in their preferred place at the end stage of their disease.

You will also deliver unscheduled clinical nursing interventions to patients referred from GMeds, NHS24, Hospital@Home and other professionals. Therefore current post registration experience in a clinical environment is essential and Community Nursing experience is preferred. Good communication skills are essential as well as experience in palliative and end of life care.

Car driver/owner required

LOCATION: Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village, White Zone, Frederick Street, Aberdeen AB24 5HY

HOURS:  Various hours available on an 8 day rota.

1900 - 0800 3 shifts on, 5 shifts off (31.5 hrs per week pro rata)

1830 - 0000 3 shifts on, 5 shifts off (14.5 hrs per week pro rata)

Interviews will be on Tuesday 9 July at Aberdeen Health Village. 

Informal Enquiries: Susan Jamieson, OOH Community Nursing Team Coordinator, 01224 655510 (Monday – Friday 0830 – 1630)

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