Community Macmillan Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- 25
- Hours / week
- 25
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a permanent, part-time opportunity to join the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership Community Macmillan Nursing Team. The role involves working autonomously to provide education, advice, and support to patients with cancer and non-cancer diagnoses, aiming to improve palliative and end-of-life care across Aberdeenshire. The successful candidate will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team and will need to be a car owner with a full driving licence for community visits.
Key responsibilities
- Work as an autonomous practitioner providing education, advice, and support to patients with cancer and non-cancer diagnoses.
- Improve palliative and end-of-life provision across Aberdeenshire.
- Play an active role in advancing high quality specialist palliative care services.
- Promote excellence in end-of-life care across Aberdeenshire.
- Work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
- Undertake extensive training and courses if required, evidencing commitment through recent personal development.
Essential criteria
- Broad range of effective communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
- Car owner or have daily access to a car for work purposes.
- Hold a Current Full Driving Licence.
Desirable criteria
- Hold a current Post Graduate Chemotherapy Course.
- Hold other advanced nursing skills courses such as Non – Medical Prescribing.
- Hold other advanced nursing skills courses such as Clinical Assessment for Advanced Practitioners.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £43,231 – £52,679 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
257973
Salary:
Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date:
25/09/2026
Job Type:
Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
Banchory Clinic
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
25
Job posted date:
11/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Grampian
Department:
Macmillan Nursing
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership Community Macmillan Nursing Team. The post available is permanent, 25 hours per week 0.69 WTE covering Lower Marr and Skene (Westhill) area. The successful candidate will work as autonomous practitioners providing education, advice and support to patients with both cancer and non-cancer diagnosis, to improve the palliative and end of life provision across Aberdeenshire.
The post holder would play an active role in advancing high quality specialist palliative care services and promoting excellence in end of life care across Aberdeenshire. A broad range of effective communication skills is essential as well as the ability to work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
It would be desirable but not essential to hold a current Post Graduate Chemotherapy Course and/or other advanced nursing skills courses such as Non – Medical Prescribing and the Clinical Assessment for
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