Charge Nurse - Public Health Nursing

As Senior Charge Nurse, you will have continuing responsibility for the leadership and management of Public Health Nursing teams, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care. You will lead service development, workforce planning and quality improvement initiatives while supporting the implementation of national public health priorities, including Health Visitor and School Nursing Pathways, Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC), Children and Young People (Scotland) Act—2014, Child Protection and Public Protection frameworks. Working closely with multidisciplinary and multi‑agency partners, you will champion excellence in practice, foster innovation and help deliver the strategic objectives of NHS Dumfries & Galloway.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visible clinical leadership across Public Health Nursing services.
• Promote safe, effective and evidence-based practice.
• Drive continuous quality improvement through audit, feedback and evaluation.
• Manage staff performance, recruitment, workforce planning and professional development.
• Contribute to budget management and effective resource utilisation.
• Develop collaborative partnerships with health, social care and third‑sector agencies.
• Support service redesign and implementation of national and local healthcare priorities.
• Ensure compliance with professional, organisational and legislative standards.

Qualifications and Experience

• Registered Nurse or Midwife.
• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification at degree level.
• Registration on Part‣3 of the NMC Register.
• Evidence of continuing professional development at Master's level or equivalent.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary and multi‑agency environments.

Personal attributes

• You will be a compassionate and inspirational leader.
• You will be passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people and families.
• You will be resilient and confident in managing competing priorities.
• You will be committed to continuous improvement and professional development.
• You will be skilled in communication, partnership working and decision‑making in complex situations.

Disclosure Scotland

Some of our posts may require you to undergo a criminal records check. Changes as of–1–April–2–45 to the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership now sees more roles requiring PVG that may not have needed this check in the past. If you are successful in this role you will be notified which level of check is required by the recruitment team.

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It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or if you require a work visa that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.

Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries & Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.

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