Why work with NHS Fife?

Pay, conditions and benefits

Everyone who joins NHS Fife is guaranteed a salary that matches their responsibilities, and is given every opportunity to increase this through training and development.

Benefits include:

• a standard working week of 37 hours
• pay enhancements to reward out-of-hours, shift and overtime working
• holiday entitlement of 27 days a year, plus 8 general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years of service, and 33 days after 10 years of service
• career and pay progression based on the application of knowledge and skills
• annual personal development reviews to support career aspirations
• the opportunity to join one of the UK’s best pension schemes

In addition, we recognise the importance of a healthy balance between work and home lives. Our ’Well at Work’ programme has helped to bring about a truly positive culture within NHS Fife, helping to reduce stress, increase motivation and improve productivity among staff.

Flexible working means that part-time roles and jobshare opportunities are often available, as well as term-time only, evening and weekend positions. The NHS may also be able to help with childcare, including nursery care and emergency care. If you are studying for a qualification, raising a family, or juggling other responsibilities, we will do everything we can to enable you to combine these commitments with your work.

We all have competing demands on our time with family commitments being at or near the top of these for most of us, so that many staff in the NHS take an extended break to look after young children or other dependants who need special care. NHS Fife also offers staff access to occupational health services, such as counselling and physiotherapy.

The NHS is committed to offering learning and development opportunities for all full-time and part-time employees. No matter where you start within NHS Fife, you will have access to extra training and will be given every chance to progress within the organisation.

As a staff member you will receive an annual personal review and development plan to support your career progression.

NHS Fife is also committed to developing our young workforce for future roles in health and social care, by providing a wide range of employment and apprenticeship opportunities for young people across the organisation.

By road

If you are driving from Edinburgh and the south, Edinburgh is directly connected by the Queensferry Crossing. Then head to Dunfermline where the A92 takes you further into Fife.

From Glasgow and the west, it is easiest to take the M8 to Edinburgh and then head to Fife from there. The best route from Aberdeen and Dundee is to head for the Tay Road Bridge where the A92 continues into Fife. If you are heading to Fife from Inverness, Perth and the north, follow the A9 from Inverness to Perth. Continue down the M90 from either the A912 at the Bridge of Earn, or continue to Dunfermline on the A92.

The A92 connects the whole region and is perfect for car touring with many well sign-posted scenic routes linking the smaller towns and villages.

By train

If you wish to get the train here, there are a number of train stations which have direct rail connections to other towns and cities in Scotland, including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness. There are also links to major English towns and cities on the east and west coast. Fife Circle trains make stops at numerous towns and villages in south west Fife, while there are also regular trains which run between Edinburgh and Dundee.

By bus

Buses from all over the UK stop at Inverkeithing Ferrytoll, where you can continue your journey throughout Fife by bus. An express coach network links Anstruther, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Leven, Glenrothes, Cupar and St Andrews and is complemented by local bus networks in each town.

By bike

Fife has around 300 miles of on- and off-road cycle routes. The Fife Coastal Route is a National Tourist Route which runs 85 miles around the coast of the region.