Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) Trustee Vacancies

We are looking for two new Trustees to complement the skillset of our current Board. We would love to hear from you if you have a legal or financial background, and are committed to our purpose of supporting, developing and inspiring Scotland’s community nurses and midwives to be agents for health improvement and catalysts for social change.

“Thank you for your interest in the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) and in particular our Trustee vacancies. We are keen to diversify our Board and would love to hear from you whether you’re an experienced Trustee or seeking your first Board position. You may of course wish to know more before applying; further information and the application process are described below, as well as contact details in case you would find an informal conversation with our Chief Executive and Nurse Director helpful.”

Erica Reid

Acting Chair, QNIS Council

The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland has two Trustee vacancies one legal, one financial as current Trustees have come to the end of their terms of office. We have ambitious plans and need to find funding to enable the development of our work and we are keen to find Trustees to guide and enable our journey.

The QNIS was established by Royal Charter originally in 1889 and has a proud tradition of serving community nursing in Scotland. Our Patron was Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The charity has a programme of activity which reaches across the whole of Scotland. We exist to enable community nurses to make a significant difference in the health and wellbeing of the people of Scotland qnis.org.uk

QNIS is a fully constituted and independent charity, registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regular (OSCR) as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation or SCIO. SCIO status provides limited liability for Trustees. For more information visit oscr.org.uk

Our Purpose

QNIS supports, develops and inspires Scotland’s community nurses and midwives to be agents for health improvement and catalysts for social change. We help them develop their expertise to drive positive action to build a healthier, kinder, fairer, greener Scotland.

We do this by supporting nurses and midwives to:

1. initiate and lead environmentally sustainable community projects that tackle health and care inequity, in partnership with local people

2. be compassionate, creative and courageous leaders in their communities by providing challenging and inspiring transformational development programmes

3. build connections with a wide range of stakeholders to co-produce hopeful, research-informed responses to Scotland’s public health challenges

4. demonstrate their extraordinary scope and impact on Scottish society by advocating for the professions

5. focus on their own wellbeing and promoting the fellowship of retired Queen’s Nurses

QNIS Council

The QNIS Council is made up of up to 15 Trustees.

The QNIS Council meets four times per year to discuss governance issues, with an additional annual development day. The meetings are held during working hours both online and at our office 31 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. Council papers are sent out a week in advance. In addition to the four Council meetings we have a number of governance sub-committees and programme advisory groups which Trustees are encouraged to support, according to their expertise. These meetings generally take place online to support the involvement of Trustees from across Scotland.

The Board Perspective Committee will consider applications for the current vacancies.

Roles and Responsibility of QNIS Trustees

QNIS Trustees ensure that the charity meets the aims and objectives defined in the QNIS Constitution. All QNIS Trustees act in a voluntary capacity to ensure good governance of the charity. Some Trustees provide more specific expertise, depending on their experience, e.g. law, finance, and fund management. Trustees are expected:

· To ensure effective governance of the charity

· To act as an ambassador for QNIS

· To take collective responsibility for Council decisions in the best interest of the charity

· To guide the work of the charity in line with its purpose

· To work with staff and other stakeholders to shape the future vision of the charity.

We are particularly interested in applications from those with financial skills at a senior level and those with a background in charity/general/HR law. QNIS has a clear diversity and inclusion policy. We are keen to receive applications from people based all over Scotland.

Successful applicants will be offered an induction programme and opportunities for further training as appropriate.

Are you an experienced bereavement co-ordinator with a passion for ensuring families receive the best possible bereavement care? Do you have experience of leading a team of staff and volunteers?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly skilled practitioner who has significant experience of leading and delivering bereavement support interventions, working with volunteers and with external partners. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement co-ordinator to take their development to the next level – leading on the development and delivery of a new bereavement team, transforming the delivery of bereavement care to families across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To co-ordinate the operational and strategic delivery of the CHAS bereavement service. The post holder will also develop a counselling and emotional support service for families, ensuring that all counselling services are delivered in line with the BACP code of ethical and professional conduct. This will be done through;

• Counselling
• Service Development
• Staff Leadership and Management
• Volunteer Engagement

Do you have experience of supporting bereaved children and adults? Do you have the ability to engage and work alongside families, volunteers and other professionals?

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic person who has previous experience of delivering bereavement support to children, young people, adults and families to join our new bereavement team.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement worker to take their development to the next level - supporting our bereavement co-ordinator to develop and deliver our bereavement service to meet the individual needs of family members across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To work alongside colleagues in the bereavement team and family support team to deliver a range of evidence based, high quality supportive interventions, and bereavement programmes, to meet the individual needs of family members, through:

• Service delivery
• Service Development
• Leadership
• Volunteer Engagement

VisionPK is a small charity offering support and services to people in Perth & Kinross who have sight or hearing loss.

We want to recruit an experienced Worker to develop, implement, facilitate and evaluate our new ‘Listen Up’ project, an ongoing programme of group activities, learning and support for people with hearing loss.

With at least 2 years community development experience, your experience will include working with older people, setting up and facilitating groups, recruiting and managing volunteers and using a strengths-based approach to your work. You will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, with excellent people and communication skills. You will also need to be flexible, open to change and fit well with our values.

This post is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, the Gannochy Trust and the Hugh Fraser Foundation