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NHS LOTHIAN Registered General Nurses for all Specialties & Operating Department Practitioners |
NHS Lothian are recruiting Registered Adult Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners. We have an extensive range of specialties, covering a large geographical area.
Do you want to kick-start or consolidate your nursing career?
Working in NHS Lothian will provide you with the opportunity to gain a wide range of transferrable skills and experience. By joining our friendly and supportive teams, you will have the opportunity for ongoing training, career development and progression opportunities.
Offering full and part time hours and flexible shift patterns - NHS Lothian is a fantastic organisation and a great place to work!
Spotlight Western General Hospital (WGH) Main Theatres We welcome you to apply to join our amazing team here at Main Theatres in the Western General Hospital. The WGH is a rewarding place to work, which is centrally located in the beautiful capital city of Edinburgh, boasting excellent transport links. Main Theatre offers an excellent opportunity to both new and experienced theatre nurses and Anaesthetic practitioners/ODPs. We support our new staff with a three month induction programme, guided by our education team. We offer a theatre specific course for all scrub practitioners, and we also have the NES anaesthetic competency programme to further develop your skills to allow you to become a competent anaesthetic practitioner. Our department contains five theatres, which cover both Urology and Colorectal specialties, with a focus on major and complex surgeries. Working at the cutting edge of technology, we have a very active robotic service utilising both the DaVinci and Versius systems. We also have a bustling emergency theatre which is available 24/7. Should you wish to discuss opportunities within our department, or have any further questions please contact: Katherine Galliard (Clinical Lead) - Katherine.galliard@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Derek McCabe (Clinical Lead) - Derek.mccabe@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Or call us at Main Theatres on 0131 537 165 |
In addition, we have a wide variety of exciting opportunities within the Community, Community hospitals, Acute hospitals, Outpatients and Prisons. We offer a variety of different shift patterns, excellent opportunities for career development and you will have the chance to be part of one of our many fantastic teams.
For more information on the vacancies available, please see the attached flyers below.
If you would like to have an informal, visit or have a tour of any of our areas, please email the Generic Recruitment Team, who will be able to help arrange this for you: genericrecruitment@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Please note that we anticipate that the interviews for this advert will take place on Thursday 23rd December at the Comely Bank Centre in Edinburgh.
A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the link below:
Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan 2023-2024 (scot.nhs.uk)
Find out what our staff say about working in NHS Lothian at:
https://careers.nhslothian.scot/acute-specialist-nurses/who-we-are/