Rheumatology Nurse Specialist

Overview

A rare and exciting opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic nurse, ideally with experience of Rheumatology Nursing (or long-term condition management), to join the team in Fife as a Rheumatology Nurse Specialist. You will work as part of the team to deliver an effective Rheumatology Service, working closely with the multidisciplinary team and autonomously in nurse-led clinics. Your role will be key to the delivery of high quality, person-centred care.

• Deliver an effective Rheumatology Service within the team.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and autonomously in nurse-led clinics.
• Contribute to high quality, person-centred care and service development and quality improvement work.

• Experience of chronic disease management with a strong focus on the person as the owner of their care.
• Educated to degree level or possess commensurate experience.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification is desirable or a willingness to work towards this qualification.
• If not experienced in Rheumatology, you will be supported to develop desired competencies.

For informal enquiries, please contact Marie Peck, Rheumatology MDT Lead, on

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.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

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 Visas and Immigration 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. For more details on these routes of permission, please refer to the  website.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or “going rate”.

Further information on these criteria can be found 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.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team.

For more details on these changes please visit:
Disclosure Scotland Changes.

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.