Nurse, Charge Nurse

About The Organisation

As Scotland’s smallest health board, NHS Orkney is committed to delivering excellent care to our 22,000 residents. Whether you’re new to the NHS or bringing experience from elsewhere, your skills will make a real difference.

Our modern healthcare facility, The Balfour, brings together inpatient care, emergency services, outpatient clinics, diagnostics, GP practices and the Scottish Ambulance Service. We’re also investing in services across our outer isles, ensuring high‑quality care reaches every corner of Orkney.

We are guided by our core values that shape everything we do: open and honest; respect and kindness from how we care for our patients to how we support each other as colleagues.

Orkney offers a unique blend of natural beauty, close‑knit community and adventure. It is regularly named one of the UK’s best places to live.

We are recruiting an Island Nurse to support our team on Stronsay. The post holder will work as part of a small health team delivering care to the island population. Rented accommodation is available locally through a private landlord; rent will be payable directly to the landlord.

You will need to be adaptable, resourceful, professionally accountable and confident to work without the resource of a hospital  will be responsible for the assessment, planning and monitoring of the quality of health care within the community across the life span. The post holder will be responsible for community and practice nursing.

Applications are invited from experienced Band 6 nurses who are forward‑thinking, highly motivated and can evidence up‑to‑date clinical knowledge and skills. You must have an interest in working and developing a wide range of skills in a remote and rural setting.

A non‑medical prescribing qualification is an essential requirement of the role.

It is a condition of employment that you must live and remain a resident in the UK.

Post will be based at Stronsay GP Practice
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• Full Time, 36 hours per week
• Fixed‑Term for 12 months whilst a service review takes place.

The salary is Band 6. If residing on Orkney, you’ll also receive a Distant Islands Allowance of £1,719 pro ratio per annum.

NHS Orkney also offers an attractive pension scheme, wide range of work‑life balance policies, employee assistance programme and various discounts to both local and national retailers.

If you share our vision and are ready to be part of Team Orkney, we’d love to hear from you.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process.

For an informal discussion, please contact Rose Rendall, Interim Operational Manager, via email on or Laura Highley, Interim Clinical Nurse Manager, via email on.