Newly Qualified LD Staff Nurse

Overview

We are currently inviting final year Nursing Students to apply for a permanent Band 5 Staff Nurse position within NHS Fife. We are recruiting for posts within the Learning Disability Service Fife Wide within In-patient services.

NHS Fife has a strong commitment to provide newly qualified nurses with opportunities within their preferred clinical areas, offering support and development opportunities, including the Flying Start NHS® programme in their first year.

If you are motivated and passionate about delivering high quality compassionate care to our patients and their families, in line with organisational values, we would like to invite you to apply for Band 5 Staff Nurse positions within NHS Fife.

Newly qualified nurses will be provided with the opportunity to consolidate their learning and develop knowledge, skills and competence in supportive learning environments.

Consideration will be given to applicants planning to undertake 4th year who would wish part-time work during their study period.

You can apply through the advert from  where you will follow a link to our new system and complete the application electronically.

Any questions:
Please e-mail fife.studentnurset

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.

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  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.