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TRAINEE ADULT NURSING (COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BASED)
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Are you interested in a career as a Registered Adult Nurse (based in community hospitals) but not in a financial position to undertake full time study at University?
If you have the right values of care, compassion, dignity, respect, openness, honesty, responsibility, and teamwork for working within the NHS and the commitment to work with people across a variety of community hospital settings, then we have a unique opportunity for you.
NHS Lothian, in partnership with the Open University, are seeking to recruit 25 Trainee Adult Nurses to undertake the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing through the Open University. This is the first year we have offered the opportunity to be supported by both organisations to study to become a Registered Adult Nurse whilst employed on a permanent contract with NHS Lothian as a Health Care Support Worker.
Posts will be available across the range of Community Hospital Services provided by NHS Lothian such as Rehabilitation (Traumatic Brain Injury Unit, Neurology, Orthopaedic), Older Peoples Services, Intermediate Care, Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care and Palliative Care. The Community Hospitals are based throughout NHS Lothian, including East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian and Edinburgh City therefore candidates will be required to travel to placements within each partnership area.
Entry requirements:
Core skills in numeracy at SCQF level 5 or Standard Grade Mathematics or Arithmetic (passed at credit level) or National 5 in Mathematics or Arithmetic or the equivalent.
Core skills in communication at SCQF level 5 or Standard Grade English (passed at credit level) or National 5 in English or the equivalent.
Employment is subject to you becoming a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, occupational health clearance and satisfactory references prior to appointment.
You must be eligible to work the required practice hours in the UK for the duration of your studies.
What is involved?
This is a 4-year programme. Upon successful completion and registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council, you will be guaranteed employment as a Registered Adult Nurse in NHS Lothian Adult Nursing Services (based in a community hospital). You will be recruited initially to a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker role (commencing in August 2023).
During the first 16 months of employment, you are required to complete 2 modules with the Open University whilst also working in your paid employment to gain the required practice hours. Upon successful completion of these modules and practice hours you will be eligible to enter Year 2 of the BSc (Hons) Degree in Adult Nursing through the Open University. At this point you will be required to undertake clinical placements in 2 clinical areas out with your base ward / team to enable you to achieve practice-based competencies.
Employment contracts:
Full time 37.5hrs per week although part time contracts of 30hrs per week may be considered on request. Contracts are permanent. Band 3 Health Care Support Workers attract a salary of £25,468 - £27,486 pa, a generous annual Leave entitlement and work based pension.
Working patterns:
Shift work is essential on a rota basis, working either 4 or 5 rostered shifts each week. This includes unsocial hours, weekend working and nightshift working (nightshift normally involves working 3 or 4 nightshifts per week when rostered on rotational night duty). Financial enhancements will be paid for weekend, night shift and Public holiday working.
Work location:
Due to the nature of the program of study and clinical placements, you must be willing and able to work / have clinical placements within the NHS Lothian Community Hospital partnership area that you are placed, including East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian and Edinburgh City. Interviews will take place 12th, 17th, 20th, 21st July 2023.
For informal enquiries please contact Billie Flynn, Deputy Chief Nurse, Edinburgh Health (Billie.Flynn@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk) and Social Care Partnership and Lesley Clark, Clinical Nurse Manager (Lesley.Clark@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk).
Please ensure you read the ‘Personal statement and discussion task’ document attached, and email your completed personal statement to genericrecruitment@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk noting the vacancy title (Trainee Adult Nurse (Community Hospitals) in the subject of the email.