Looking for a rewarding Career in the NHS with enhanced salary and benefits package? The NHS is the largest employer in Scotland!

Who We Are As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services.

Where We Are Our Regional Centres are located at Cardonald, Clydebank, South Queensferry, Dundee and Aberdeen.

OPEN EVENT Recruitment open event - Breathing Space Advisor (Band 5) As NHS 24 are currently recruiting Breathing Space Advisors to join our teams in Cardonald and South Queensferry, we are hosting open sessions to allow you to find out more about these fantastic career opportunities. Spaces are limited, so please book now to avoid disappointment.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭: The sessions will last approximately 90 minutes and will be an opportunity for you to find out more about the role and organisation. There will also be an opportunity for you to speak with existing members of staff and to ask any questions you may have about the opportunities available at NHS 24.

𝐖𝐡𝐨: These positions are open to individuals who hold a relevant professional qualification (e.g. RMN, Social Work, Psychological Therapies) and can demonstrate significant experience working in a relevant setting—preferably within a telephone or text-based support environment.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧:

• Tuesday 23rd September at 18:00 in our Cardonald centre
• Tuesday 23rd September at 20:00 in our Cardonald centre
• Wednesday 24th September at 18:30 in our South Queensferry centre

Click the link to book your space now: https://forms.office.com/e/xZ5ij7gV9C

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Please note we will confirm your attendance if all qualifying details are met and politely ask that you do not attend without receiving this. Your space will be confirmed by email and if we require any more information, we will contact you by email or phone, so please keep an eye on your inbox and junk/spam folders.

If you do not meet this criteria but are still interested in working with NHS 24, please visit our recruitment website at https://www.nhs24.scot/careers/ where you will find details of all current NHS 24 vacancies.

Breathing Space Advisor - Band 5 Where We Are Our Regional Centres are located at Cardonald, Clydebank, South Queensferry, Dundee and Aberdeen. The post is available in our Cardonald or South Queensferry centre's.

The Role Find out more by reading the job pack here: Breathing Space Advisor 226902

Who are we looking for?

The Successful Applicant Will

• Have relevant professional qualification or experience i.e., RMN, Social Work, Psychological Therapies
• Demonstrate significant experience working in a relevant setting, preferably a telephone/text-based support setting.
• Show evidence of a firm understanding of key issues related to mental health and mental distress.
• Demonstrate an understanding & experience of suicide intervention approaches (e.g.: ASIST)
• Hold strong critical decision-making skills.

Our Enhanced Salary Package NHS 24 offers a complete benefits package, with a permanent contract on Band 5 £33,247 - £41,424* (pro rata for part-time hours).

• Basic Hourly Rate of £17.23
• Saturday / After 8pm Weekday Hourly Rate of £22.40
• Sunday / Public Holiday Hourly Rate of £27.57
• Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.

Benefits We also offer you many supportive policies to enhance your employee journey and have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and a range of learning and development. As an NHS Scotland employee you will be entitled to:

• 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata.
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses.
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays.
• Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
• NHS discounts on goods and services
• HELP, employee support and assistance

Our mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. As an organisation that promotes inclusion, we celebrate difference, and we encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work. We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan, which builds on our existing equalities work, and this will help us to measure our progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies. 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 visas 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. Please note that NHS 24 is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us. 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.