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.
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual, keen to development new skills and looking for a new challenge?
Then we would like to hear from you!
We are recruiting for a fulltime, Band 4 Assistant Practitioner to join our exciting and diverse nursing team with in HMP Grampian. Part time hours will be considered.
HMP Grampian is a high security prison for adult males and females. HMP Grampian is the only such facility in the northeast of the country
HMP Grampian can offer an exciting career development opportunity in the challenging environment of NHS prison health care.
We are in midst of building a robust Prison Nursing Team where there will be opportunities to develop skills in primary care, substance use, mental health and pharmacy care within the ever-changing prison environment.
This role will entail supporting clinical staff to deliver, routine clinics/care within the Health Centre and at times in the Residential Prison Halls, while working in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary health team and the Scottish Prison Service. You will need to have experience of working within a caring environment. Effective written and verbal communication skills and an interest in developing health and care knowledge in relation to prison nursing is essential.




The prison environment is extremely busy and both emotionally and physically demanding this post required someone who is able to cope with these demands.
The post is shift based working 12 hours shifts Monday to Sunday. There is no night shift.
An attractive relocation allowance of up to £8,000 is available to successful candidates.
Informal Enquiries To
Elaine Dingwall and Lisa Benson
Senior Charge Nurse
HMP & YOI Grampian
Tel:
Email: or
Julie-Anne Stuart, Lead Nurse Prison and Custody Services Email:
Additional Information For Candidates
As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
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