# Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Fife. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/b4e1f760-659a-4016-8f1c-6a089ed42c47 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/b4e1f760-659a-4016-8f1c-6a089ed42c47.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** NHS Fife - **Town:** Kirkcaldy - **Region:** East of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £34,544 - £43,039 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-06-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-09T15:05:36.000Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=251373 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=251373 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsfife.org ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 240974 - Salary: Band 5 (£34,544 - £43,039) - Job closing date: 23/06/2026 - Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery - Location: Adamson Hospital - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 36 - Job posted date: 09/06/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife - Department: Hospital @ Home The Hospital at Home Teams within Fife provide a service for the frail elderly population (predominantly over 65yrs), which prevents acute hospital admission or facilitates early supported discharge where acute hospital admission has taken place. It allows people to have a period of “acute” medical care within their own home, which will in turn allow the person to recover from a period of illness without needing hospital admission. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinician with a keen interest in acute care in the community to join our well established Hospital at Home Team within Cupar. You should be a Registered Nurse with relevant experience; have the ability to work autonomously, as well as having clinical skills including venepuncture, ECG, IV additives and cannulation. Please view full job description and personal specification. All successful candidates will be required to deliver a high standard of safe and effective acute medical patient care within patient’s homes and must have the ability to work autonomously in this evolving service.All candidates will have good communication skills and have a flexible attitude to work. The ability to travel within the area, provide daily routine clinical interventions and respond to urgent care needs in a timely manner is essential. This post involves flexibility to work over a 7 day period, working shifts covering the period from 08.00 – 22.00. On appointment the successful candidate will be based at Adamson Hospital Cupar although cross team working to support service needs is an expectation of the role. Any informal enquires please contact Carol Galloway Team Leader H@H East on 01334 651309/01334 651329 ### AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. - Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically. - Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers. - Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool. A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. 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. ## Job Details The Hospital at Home Teams within Fife provide a service for the frail elderly population (predominantly over 65yrs), which prevents acute hospital admission or facilitates early supported discharge where acute hospital admission has taken place. It allows people to have a period of “acute” medical care within their own home, which will in turn allow the person to recover from a period of illness without needing hospital admission. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinician with a keen interest in acute care in the community to join our well established Hospital at Home Team within Cupar. You should be a Registered Nurse with relevant experience; have the ability to work autonomously, as well as having clinical skills including venepuncture, ECG, IV additives and cannulation. Please view full job description and personal specification. All successful candidates will be required to deliver a high standard of safe and effective acute medical patient care within patient’s homes and must have the ability to work autonomously in this evolving service.All candidates will have good communication skills and have a flexible attitude to work. The ability to travel within the area, provide daily routine clinical interventions and respond to urgent care needs in a timely manner is essential. This post involves flexibility to work over a 7 day period, working shifts covering the period from 08.00 – 22.00. On appointment the successful candidate will be based at Adamson Hospital Cupar although cross team working to support service needs is an expectation of the role. Any informal enquires please contact Carol Galloway Team Leader H@H East on 01334 651309/01334 651329 AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool. A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. 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. ## Documents - [240974 - Job Pack (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1160539&JobId=251373) - [NHS Fife - Terms & Conditions January 2024 (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1160535&JobId=251373) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.