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NHS LOTHIAN Registered Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Nurses for all Specialties |
NHS Lothian are recruiting Registered Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Nurses. 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 on the Regional Eating Disorders Unit (REDU) within St John's Hospital We have vacancies for experienced and newly qualified nurses to join our innovative and dynamic team in NHS Lothian – providing you with the opportunity to gain a breadth of knowledge and exposure to multiple specialties. You will be welcomed into a highly supportive, knowledgeable, and fun team. We offer the opportunity to work within a professional multi-disciplinary team consisting of Nurses, Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapist, Dieticians, Dietetic Support workers, Clinical Support Workers and a range of professionals within health boards that sit within the south east of Scotland. REDU will take admissions from NHS Forth Valley, Fife, Borders and Lothian. You will be able to liaise with the regional community eating disorders teams providing a pivotal link in the care and treatment of REDU patients supporting their recovery journey from admission to discharge. Please see attached spotlight for more information, as well as a link to the Regional Eating Disorder Unit's video. For further information regarding the opportunities available, please contact Jamie MacDonald-Liddell, Clinical Nurse Manager at j.macdonald-liddell@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
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
When completing the online application form please note if you have an area of preference. We will endeavor to place successful candidates in their area of preference if possible.
Please note that we anticipate that the interviews for this advert will take place on Thursday 4th January 2024 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/