Charge Nurse

Job details

• Job reference: 253249
• Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
• Job closing date: 21/07/2026
• Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
• Location: Murray Royal Hospital
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Job posted date: 07/07/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Tayside
• Department: Garry Ward

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.

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.

Psychiatry of Old Age Services are looking for an organised individual with a desire to lead and who is keen to be part of developing an innovative and forward looking service. You will need to be passionate about care of the older adult with mental health needs, hold excellent communication skills and be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide person centred nursing.

As a Charge Nurse you will exhibit strong leadership and management skills and will influence and develop practice. You will support the Senior Charge Nurse and the nursing team in developing QI work in a Psychiatry of Old Age inpatient setting. Within the Charge Nurse role you will be responsible for leading and managing the day to day work of the nursing team.

If you have these skills, display strengths based on an effective leadership, can lead and manage change and are committed to improving patient, carer and relative experience for those accessing older peoples services, we want to hear from you.

The in-patient areas work over 24 hours 7 days per week and there will be a requirement to rotate onto night duty when required and in line with the shift pattern of the area. We have recently changed to a condensed shift pattern working 11.5 hour shifts over a shorter working week.

You must be registered on Sub-part 1: RN3 or Sub-part 2: RN4 of the UK NMC Register

Informal enquiries to: SCN Gillian McAulay, Garry Ward: 01738 562430

Hours of work are: 36hrs

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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