SENIOR SPECIALIST NURSE, BAND 7, UROLOGY SERVICE,

NINEWELLS HOSPITAL

Information Pack

Post Reference No: CM/27a/19

Closing date: 19 August 2019

Welcome from Grant Archibald,

Chief Executive, NHS Tayside

Thank you for your interest in this post. As you’ll see we have put together some information on this site both about NHS Tayside and where we are located in Scotland. I hope that you find this useful and that you translate your interest in this post into a formal application. NHS Tayside has a strong track record in delivering high-quality, safe and effective care for all our patients. However, like other NHS Boards across Scotland, NHS Tayside is facing significant challenges including growing demand for all services, workforce challenges that are impacting upon how we deliver services and continuing pressures on our finances. In response to these challenges, NHS Tayside has embarked up on a programme of transformation to ensure that services are safe, affordable and, importantly, sustainable for the future. Transforming Tayside aims to deliver Better Health, Better Care, Better Workplace and Better Value for the population of Tayside. The programme is clinically-led and is being delivered in partnership with our staff and trades unions and our local health and social care partnerships. It is structured to respond to issues and make changes to services in the short to medium-term, as well as presenting an ambitious vision of transformation for Tayside in the longer term. It will provide clear and credible choices for transforming the future of local healthcare.

A new, innovative leadership model for clinical directorates is now in place to drive the changes necessary in health and social care across the whole system. Clinicians are taking the lead to design and provide evidence-based models of care which are safe, accessible, effective and person-centred in the Transforming Tayside programme. Innovation and research are at the forefront of what NHS Tayside stands for and we are proud to have established the first academic health science network in Scotland, jointly supported by the Scottish Government and the University of Dundee. The Academic Health Science Partnership in Tayside brings together the delivery of healthcare services, education, quality improvement and research with the purpose of improving the health of patients.

NHS Tayside, alongside the Academic Health Science Partnership, has welcomed funding announced in the Tay Cities Deal to grow the Tayside Biomedical Cluster. The project aims to make the region one of the most attractive and sought after biomedical locations in the UK. A £25million investment to grow the Tayside Biomedical Cluster was one of the projects announced to receive investment in the Tay Cities Deal Heads of Terms Agreement. The funding will stimulate a step change in innovation-led growth and create new jobs for the region.

The final thing I would like to say to any potential applicant is that Tayside occupies an enviable location on the east coast of Scotland with rivers, hills, mountains and rolling countryside right on our doorstep, as well as vibrant urban areas. The V&A Museum of Design in Dundee is an international centre of design and the centrepiece of Dundee’s innovative new waterfront development. This, along with Tayside’s great links to all other major cities in Scotland, means the area can offer employees plenty of choice when it comes to both accommodation and opportunities of things to do in the pursuit of the right work-life balance. We would be delighted to hear from you should you have any questions or require any further information regarding the post.

Grant R Archibald, Chief Executive of NHS Tayside

NHS TAYSIDE VISION, AIM AND VALUES

Our Vision

To find out more about NHS Tayside visit our website at:

http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/index.htm

About NHS Tayside

NHS Tayside is responsible for delivering healthcare to more than 415,000 people

living in Tayside. We employ around 14,000 staff and provide a comprehensive

range of primary, community-based and acute hospital services for the populations

of Dundee City, Angus and Perth & Kinross. Our annual budget is now circa £910

million of public money which works out at around £2.5 million spent by NHS Tayside

for every day of the year.

Tayside area

Within NHS Tayside and based on the western edge of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe. It is internationally renowned for introducing laparoscopic surgery to the UK as well as being a leading centre in developing fields such as the management of cancer, medical genetics, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, informatics, neuroscience and imaging. Our hospital sites across Tayside also have nursing and research links with the University of Dundee and University of Abertay, Dundee. In Tayside, we have 83,000 admissions every year, which is made up of 66,000 inpatient admission and 17,000 'same' day procedures. We also see 1,030,000 outpatient attendances annually.

In addition, at the heart of health services in our communities are our GP and

primary care services which are there supporting our patients and their families

where they live and work.

Health and Social Care Partnerships

There are three Health and Social Care Partnerships in Tayside: Angus; Dundee;

and Perth and Kinross.

NHS Tayside works very closely with colleagues in the partnerships as they provide

a range of adult health and social care services to our local communities.

Academic Health Science Partnership in Tayside (AHSP)

NHS Tayside has embarked on a major collaborative initiative, Academic Health

Science Partnership in Tayside (AHSP). It is the first Academic Health Science

Network in Scotland with an ambition to transform healthcare locally and globally at

the time when it faces many difficult challenges.

Building upon the success of previous University of Dundee and NHS Tayside

collaborations, AHSP is bringing together the delivery of healthcare services,

education, quality improvement and research with the purpose of improving the

health of patients through more effective integration of these functions in routine

practice.

LIVING IN TAYSIDE

Discover award-winning towns and cities, breathtaking beaches and alluring countryside. Historically rich and home to Scotland’s longest river, Tayside is an innovative and exciting place to begin or expand your career.

Dundee, Angus and Perth and Kinross make up this vibrant region - between them offering the perfect blend of city, country and coastline. In fact, you can easily enjoy the tranquility and scenery of neighbouring towns and villages within reach of the region’s cities of Dundee and Perth.

Find out more about living and working in Tayside at:

www.dundeecity.gov.uk

www.angus.gov.uk

www.pkc.gov.uk

Education in Tayside

In Tayside there are a host of schools, both public and private and excellent colleges and universities making Tayside a family friendly location.

Housing in Tayside

Whether you want to live in the rural countryside or one of Tayside’s vibrant cities or towns, you’ll have a variety of housing choices, many below the national average house price. For more information about housing in Tayside, visit the Tayside Solicitors Property Centre and/or Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre websites: http://www.tspc.co.uk/ http://www.pspc.co.uk/ Getting around There are excellent connections to and within the region. It only takes approximately 30 minutes to drive between Dundee and Perth and just over an hour between Dundee and Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow. Travelling and commuting within Tayside is easy by road, bus or train. Dundee’s regional airport offers daily flights to London Stansted in addition to private and leisure flights. The international airports at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen will ensure you are connected from Scotland to the rest of the world.

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JOB IDENTIFICATION Job Title Senior Specialist Nurse Urology

Department(s)/Location Surgery

Number of Job Holders

JOB PURPOSE

The post holder has continuing responsibility to provide an integrated urology Specialist Nurse (SpN) services for NHS Tayside. The SpN practices at advanced nurse level and provides specialist nurse interventions, which providing information and support to patients who have a range of urological conditions. They will be responsible for assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes for patients who are undergoing either medical or surgical management of urological disorders, treatments or investigations. The SpN provides specialist advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives for a specific field of practice.

The post holder is a practitioner who has the required expert knowledge base, complex decision making skills and clinical competencies for expanded practice, to work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, developing, implementing, reviewing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies for the Tayside area.

ORGANISATIONAL POSITION

Clinical car group Lead Nurse

Surgery & orthopaedics

Senior Specialist Nurse

(SpN)

(This post)

Senior specialist nurse/ Lead

Nurse Urology

Nurse Director

Associate Nurse

Director

Senior nurse

Surgery

SCOPE AND RANGE (please complete as appropriate to specific area) NHS Tayside covers some 7,558 square kilometres with a population of approximately 385,500. The Urology Nursing Service provides both outpatient and inpatient care over three hospital sites, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee and Perth Royal Infirmary, Perth & Kinross and Stracathro Hospital. The Urology SpN provides a wide range of specialist care and services for this particular client group in a variety of clinical settings throughout Tayside in response to service demand.

In collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team the Urology SpN is responsible for supporting diagnosis, nursing intervention, treatment and management of adults with urological conditions.

The Urology SpN plays a pivotal role within the multi-disciplinary team working autonomously, co-ordinating the patient’s journey from point of referral, treatment, through to discharge and follow up care. The post holder has specialist knowledge of treatment options and acts as expert resource for this specific field of practice

The Urology SpN provides a specialist and holistic care assessment of patients and carers often complex needs following referral, which realistically minimises physical symptoms and the social, financial, emotional and spiritual implications of the urological disease process

The Urology SpN provides a supportive environment and as a competent practitioner counsels patients with highly complex, sensitive issues e.g. altered body image, erectile dysfunction, living with cancer, symptom management for patients who have benign disease The Urology SpN is responsible for conducting a range of diagnostic procedures which may include flexible cystoscopy, transrectal ultrasound prostate + biopsy, Gold Seed insertion, intravesical botox and urodynamics.

The Urology SpN provides accessible, equitable and responsive service to meet the demand ensuring that waiting time targets are supported, thus ensuring delivery of timely care and treatment. This involves initiating and establishing nurse led intervention and clinics for benign and malignant disease.

The Urology SpN works in collaboration with Urology Consultants to triage new referral across NHS Tayside. This will include working autonomously to assess, diagnose and recommend treatment to facilitate a patient centred approach. This involves clinical history taking and physical and rectal examination, non medical prescribing and appropriate onward referral.

The Urology SpN provides education across NHS Tayside, which is evidenced based, safe and effective practice is disseminated.

The Urology SpN actively integrates theory and practice through clinical audit, research and evaluation of service. Environment of Care

Tayside wide Primary and Secondary care Outpatient departments, surgical, oncology, endoscopy, Virtual clinics To include:

Supervisory responsibility for junior doctors and Urology Nurses Liaises with national and international centres and agencies. Provide specialist advice to health care workers and the general public in relation to urology Support budgetary governance to ensure specialist departmental supplies and patient products are ordered and used economically and appropriately.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Care Delivery

Specialist knowledge responsible for the management of a caseload of patients within the specialities of medical and surgical urological diseases, ensuring that care needs are assessed, programmes of care are developed, implemented and evaluated in partnership with patients/carers/clients/relatives for patients whose needs may be predictable or unpredictable to ensure delivery of a high standard of care

Take a systematic and comprehensive patient history to make a holistic assessment of patients

suitability to undergo diagnostic procedures on the day of appointment, taking into account current medication and physical well-being

Promote patient participation in decision making and obtain informed consent for examination to be performed ensuring that the nature, consequences, alternatives and risks of treatment are understood by the patient.

Participate in the management of the prostate assessment clinic, this may include transrectal ultrasound scan prostate +/- biopsy on patients directly referred from secondary or primary care following the agreed clinical pathway

Facilitate the treatment of prostate cancer by performing Gold Seed Insertion to patients directly referred from uro- oncology team as agreed by the Tayside Urology Cancer network group

Interpret findings, plan and initiate follow-up management of patients depending in results of examination. Discuss results with patient recommending medications or further investigations or treatments.

Participate in delivering nurse led clinics for assessment, diagnosis and treatment of urological disorders.

Develops implements and evaluates strategies to improve practice in the assessment and development of care programmes.

Participate in the review of systems to ensure effective communication with various individuals and groups on complex and potentially stressful matters in a range of situations

Develops, implements and evaluates systems that support and involve patients/client/ carers and relatives in the planning and delivery of individualised care

Ensures that standards for record keeping are maintained, reviewed on a regular basis in order that the patient record is reflective of their current care needs and the delivery of high quality evidence based care

Follows agreed pathways in referring patients as necessary for further assessment, diagnostic tests and to other professionals as appropriate.

Accepts direct referrals working autonomously to assess, diagnose, plan treatment, prescribe and/or deliver and evaluate care.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team manage and co-ordinate the patients journey from point of referral through to discharge and follow-up care (within agreed policies and guidelines)

Effectively contribute to infection control policy and practice

To act as patient advocate to assist in ethical aspects of management and treatment, promoting self management.

Triage patients presenting with unscheduled problems by telephone, out-patient basis and advise accordingly, including admission

Supports and facilitates weekly multi-disciplinary team clinical pathology conference, presenting patients, discussing treatment choices and relaying outcomes to patients and multi-professional team, organising recommended treatment plan

Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team to facilitate achievement of waiting list targets

Management /Leadership

1. Participate in the implementation of systems to co-ordinate, monitor, assess and prioritise workload supporting effective contingency planning ensuring that the interests of patients/clients are met for self and service as per Job Plan

2. The urology SpN will be a recognised in the field of urological disease and will demonstrates

professional leadership to support and inspire colleagues and enhance the development of clinical practice

3. Accountable and responsible for the effective use of physical, human and financial resources

4. Collaborate with multi-professional, multi-agency, external suppliers and all other appropriate staff to

enhance the healthcare experience for patients/clients

5. Responsible for data entry and storage of data using computer based systems

6. Participate in performance review and appraisal and devise a personal development plan

7. Support and implement change in practice, initiate discussion and debate to influence, implement and action quality improvement in practice

8. Advise nursing and medical staff on complex issues and decision making.

9. Post holder deputises in absence of lead Specialist Nurse.

10. Proactively support effective teamwork and healthy working relationships through consistent and

visible support within multi-disciplinary team.

11. Ensure implementation of local risk management and health and safety strategies acting on any identified risks in accordance with local policy.

12. Participate in the implementation of systems to facilitate a sensitive and positive approach to the

review of complaints learning from the experience of users to improve healthcare experience.

13. Assess and support improvement opportunities.

14. Represent organisation at national and international meetings

15. Support redesign initiatives and drive service development utilising patient experience.

Education & Continuing Professional Development

Develop a personal/career development plan aimed at improving health care, maintaining and developing attitudes, skills and knowledge facilitating personal and professional growth within the urology team in order to meet service, users, professional and individual needs Identify, analyse, prioritise and negotiate own training and development needs taking cognisance of mandatory training, physical, human and financial resources

Develop and deliver educational activities for patients/clients/carers/relatives and healthcare professionals and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of educational strategies used Ensure standards for supervision and support are implemented, monitored and evaluated to facilitate acquisition of skills required for individual patient/client/carers/relative to develop effective coping mechanisms and self care strategies to enhance quality of life. Support health promotion activities to designated patient group raising the awareness of communities and populations about health and wellbeing and the actions that can be taken to address issues Contribute to and influence the development of pre and post registration curriculum and teaching multi-professional/multi agency groups Act as a role model and expert resource to other healthcare professionals. Advise colleagues and other healthcare staff of relevant research findings and best practice methods Quality/Research and Development Participates as directed specific aspects of research/quality improvement initiative and contribute to and participate in supporting ongoing research in nursing practice/quality improvement initiative in clinical practice Work within an ethical and legal framework, utilising 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 a specific field of practice Supports and contributes to the development of evidence based policies, procedures and guidelines within a specific field of practice Actively seek views of service users and carers to improve the health care experience for individual Support implementation of the organisations Clinical Governance framework Undertakes focussed and detailed clinical audit and evaluation of nursing practice to influence change within the service Participates in local and national clinical trials and research programmes, informing and recruiting patients

COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONISHIPS Routinely receives and provides highly complex and emotive information to patients and relatives including giving cancer diagnosis, test/treatment results and clinical trial information. Highly developed interpersonal and negotiating skills required for continuous communication with a wide range of health and social care workers where agreement and cooperation is essential to effective care delivery. Frequently required to communicate the relevance of cancer treatments in the media news to potentially antagonistic service users. Responds to conflict that can arise by sensitively challenging attitudes and dispelling misconceptions, always acting as patient advocate

Utilise in-depth counselling skills in conjunction with specialist knowledge to patients presenting with advanced disease, informing the individual of their prognosis.

Establish and maintain relationships based on mutual respect communicating on a regular basis with the patient/relatives/multidisciplinary team and external agencies involved in the provision of care.

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB

Part 1 or 12 of the NMC register

Evidence of ongoing professional development, at least to first degree level and working towards masters level education or equivalent experience e.g. portfolio of evidence.

Ideally post holder should have extensive post registration experience relevant to post

Hold or willing to work to a recognised specialised qualification relevant to specific post

Has an independent nurse prescribing qualification or willing to work towards achieving this

Ability to lead on specific area of practice, use own initiative and work effectively as part of a multi- professional team

Immediate Life Support provider

Advanced information technology skills

Hold extensive knowledge within the specific field of practice with relevant post basic study in specific field of practice at a minimum of degree level i.e. Cancer related qualification

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB Physical Skills:

Administration of antibiotics, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and intracavernosal injections

Perform complex endoscopic procedures using the highest level of physical skills where a high degree of precision with the highest level of hand, eye and sensory co-ordination are essential

Venepuncture skills

Near patient observations such as monitoring of vital signs

Removal of sutures/staples

Simple/complex wound care

Drain care

Assisting medical staff with invasive procedures

Clinical history taking, abdominal examination, PR examination

Ability to travel to cover clinics on other sites

Keyboard and IT skills

Physical Demands:

Frequent exposure to uncontained body fluids

Undertake exposure prone procedures in defined areas therefore requiring appropriate Occupational Health Screening

Positioning /Manoeuvre patients for procedures or examination

Push wheelchairs/trolley

Stand/walking for the majority of shift

Ability to travel across sites

Frequent restrictive movement to treat patients e.g. stooping to change catheters

Mental Demands:

There is a frequent requirement for intense concentration when performing procedures or patient consultations

Recognition of abnormal pathology

Concentration required when checking documents/patient notes and calculating drug dosages, whilst subject to frequent interruptions from patient/relatives/team members

Constant interruptions as bleep holder, balancing demands of bleep responsibilities whilst carrying caseload of patients

Frequent requirement for concentration when work pattern is unpredictable

Challenging the values, beliefs, decisions of multi- professional teams and taking appropriate action

Maintain high level and consistent professional behaviour in unpredictable and stressful situations

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

Demonstrate strategic an political awareness responding to the rapidly changing health care agenda

Balancing attendance at local and national conventions whilst maintaining visibility and accessibility in environment of care

Managing complaints and adverse incidents Emotional Demands:

Communicating with distressed/anxious/worried patients/relatives

Breaking bad news to patients/carers/relatives

Caring for patients following receipt of bad news

Daily exposure to highly distressing, highly emotional circumstances e.g. giving diagnosis of cancer and progression of life threatening disease

Caring for patients/family/carers with major complications delaying recovery

Support patient with altered body image

Supporting patients with erectile dysfunction

Dealing with patients with severely challenging behaviour

Supporting all team members with personal and professional issues

Supporting all team members with the emotional burden of professional, managerial and public expectations of health care services

Meeting deadlines in the face of conflicting priorities and demands Working Conditions: Consistent, frequent exposure and direct contact with uncontained body fluids such as faeces, vomit, blood etc Exposure to verbal aggression (occasionally due to anxiety or acute confusional states) Ability to travel between hospital sites i.e. 2-3 times weekly Working in an overcrowded environment 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.

DECISIONS AND JUDGEMENTS The SpN will be responsible to the Lead Specialist Nurse for guidance and professional management, work review and formal appraisal of performance Makes complex clinical judgements which involves the interpretation of a range of facts and options requiring analysis and comparison to make a diagnosis or assessment of the appropriate course of action for that individual patient

Acts as an autonomous practitioner, acting on own initiative. Plans, manages and prioritises own workload taking into consideration team priorities.

Accountable and responsible for their own actions, uses own initiative and acts independently to carry out procedures, nurse led clinics and assessment of patients with urological symptoms.

Responsibility for standards and quality of clinical practice and ongoing management of patients with urological symptoms and or diseases.

Responsibility to reflect upon and review their own decisions in relation to care management and the effectiveness of prescribed care programmes Responsibility to challenge inappropriate care/interventions and behaviours within their sphere of practice

MOST CHALLENGING /DIFFICULT PARTS OF THE JOB Making complex, informed and independent decisions appropriate to the sphere of practice

Performing complex therapeutic procedures which are mentally and physically demanding and which require a high degree of skill, dexterity and clinical expertise

Being accountable for decision making process with acceptance that some risk to patient care is inevitable

Effective management and prioritisation of competing demands, including constant interruptions within a specific field of practice

Balancing the demands of all stakeholders to provide an efficient, safe and effective service

Highly emotional demands when communicating bad news

Highly emotional demands when managing patients with advanced cancer with poor prognostic outcome

Unpredictable need for emotionally demanding tasks

Updating knowledge to maintain competence

Maintaining effective communication whilst multi-agency and cross boundary working

Person Specification POST REF NO:

CM/27a/19

JOB TITLE/BAND: Senior Specialist Nurse Urology, Band 7 LOCATION: Ninewells Hospital HOURS: 37.5 per week

CRITERIA

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

METHOD OF EVALUATION

EXPERIENCE:

Extensive post registration experience in a relevant sphere of practice

Application Form

QUALIFICATIONS: (Training; Research; Publications)

Qualifications – Part 1or 12 of the NMC Register. Educated to degree Masters level qualification or working towards this Independent Nurse Prescriber Clinical assessment

Application Form and Interview

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Demonstrates knowledge of the importance of effective leadership and how this can be maintained in practice

Demonstrates the ability to work at advanced practice level

Demonstrates extensive knowledge within the speciality

Interview

PERSONAL QUALITIES:

Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to be a team player

Interview

General Information

POST REF NO: CM/27a/19

JOB TITLE/GRADE: Senior Specialist Nurse, Band 7

LOCATION: Urology Service, NHS Tayside

Conditions of Service

The terms and conditions of service for this post are those determined by the NHS Staff Council.

Remuneration The current salary scale for the post is £37,570 to £44,688 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.

Hours of Duty The hours of the post are 37.5 per week. The contracted weekly hours may be worked over any reference period, e.g. 150 hours (pro rata for part time staff) over four weeks or annualised hours, with due regard for compliance with employment

legislation, such as the Working Time Regulations. Start and finish times will be determined by the needs of the service.

Superannuation New employees are automatically enrolled into the NHS (Scotland) Superannuation Scheme, but may opt out later should they choose. The pension scheme is provided by Scottish Public Pensions Agency. All benefits are explained on the SPPA website www.sppa.gov.uk

Employee contribution rates with effect from 1 April 2019 are as follows:

Annual Pensionable Pay (Full-time equivalent)

Contribution

Up to £17,864 5.2%

£17,865 to £23,112 5.8%

£23,113 to £28,747 7.3%

£28,748 to £53,025 9.5%

£53,026 to £75,703 12.7%

£75,704 to £116,360 13.7%

£116,361 and above 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 20.9% of basic pay.

Annual Leave 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 part-time staff) or 6.6 weeks per year Public Holidays = 8 days (pro rata for part-time staff) or 1.6 weeks per year

References 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 Occupational Health (OH).

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2003

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as ‘spent’ after the lapse of a specified period of time. The period of time depends upon the sentence imposed. However, some criminal convictions can never be regarded as spent. These convictions are for serious crimes and must always be disclosed. Further guidance on the offences included in the list can be found at: https://www.mygov.scot/offences-always-disclosed/ Any information you do disclose will be treated confidentially and only shared with those who need to know. 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. If you are appointed and it is found you did not disclose previous conviction(s), which you were legally obliged to disclose, then disciplinary action up to and including dismissal may be taken.

Disclosure Scotland

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. A PVG

certificate contains all unspent and certain spent conviction information.

It also contains any other non-conviction information that the police or other government bodies think is relevant. Disclosure Scotland continually monitor PVG scheme members' records for vetting information including criminal convictions that may affect their suitability to work with vulnerable groups.

Immigration, Asylum and

It is a criminal offence for an employer to employ anyone who does not have permission to live or work in the UK.

Nationality Act 2006

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 must have current and continuing professional registration with NMC and hold the appropriate qualification(s).

Smoking Policy NHS Tayside operates a No Smoking Policy and smoking is prohibited within NHS premises and grounds.

Fair Processing Notice

NHS Tayside is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you provide on your Application Form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes. For further information see: http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/YourRights/NationalFraudInitiative/index.htm or contact robert.mackinnon@nhs.net.

Applications Completed forms should be returned to: recruitment.tayside@nhs.net quoting the job reference in the subject line or HR & OD Directorate, NHS Tayside, Level 9, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY By closing date of 19 August 2019.

Your Application Form must be completed in full. Please note copies of Curriculum Vitae, Qualifications and Course Certificates will not be accepted at this stage.

All completed applications are held in HR & OD Directorate until the closing date. After the closing date a panel will meet to prepare an interview shortlist. Once this decision has been made, all shortlisted applicants will be emailed to invite them to attend for interview. It is important that you check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder. This process takes approximately 6 weeks. Therefore, if you have not been contacted regarding interview within 6 weeks of the closing date, your application has been unsuccessful and you will receive no further correspondence from HR & OD Directorate. Thank you for your interest in working for NHS Tayside.