Newly Graduated Practitioners (NGPs) 2026

NHS Tayside

Dundee, OH

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.

Are you a Nursing or Midwifery graduate who is passionate about people and would like to deliver first-class care within NHS Tayside?
NHS Tayside is delighted to welcome applications from Final Year Nursing Students, or Newly Qualified Nurses who have recently qualified and seeking their first nursing post.

If you are dynamic and forward-thinking and have a passion to deliver person-centred healthcare, then come and join our team
NHS Tayside is responsible for delivering healthcare to more than 400,000 people living in Tayside. We employ over 14,000 staff and provide a comprehensive range of primary, community-based and acute hospital services for the populations of Dundee City, Angus and Perth & Kinross counties.

We firmly believe that developing our staff is the key to our success and for the future of the workforce. NHS Tayside is a large and diverse Health Board with a wide variety of clinical specialities that are looking to recruit As a newly qualified nurse can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities, across a range of specialties.

Important Information - please read this advert in full before proceeding to the application
This Advert Covers Posts For The Following Nursing Specialties

Adult Nursing
Mental Health Nursing
Learning Disabilities Nursing

If you are a studying towards becoming a Midwife, a Newly Graduated Midwife advert will be launching separately.

If you are studying towards becoming a Children’s Nurse, Children’s services have indicated that they will be advertising posts outwith this advert.

You will have the opportunity in your application form to indicate your preferred specialty. You can advise us of your preferred location. Every effort is made to accommodate your preference; however, an alternative offer may be made from another service if your preferred service is not available due to workforce planning and service needs.

Our clinical teams will identify vacancies within their services and applications will be subject to a stringent matching process by the services’ Senior Management. Their decision making will consider your learning, skills, experience and the values that you have described within your application.

The matching process is managed by the NGP team and who will notify you of any successful post allocations.

Please note: We recommend that applicants use a personal email address and avoid applying with a university email account
Email: [email protected] should you have any queries
Additional Information For Candidates

You should apply for this post by completing the application process on Jobtrain.
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Posted 2026-02-09