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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!
Adults with Complex and Exceptional Needs Service (ACENS) The ACEN service is a highly specialised nurse led service which is unique within adult healthcare in Lothian. Providing care at home to patients and their families who have exceptional and complex health care needs along with diverse and wide-ranging psychosocial issues. This may include patients who are technology dependant e.g., mechanical ventilation. The care needs of the patient group demand knowledge and skills set which is patient and speciality specific. ACENS staff work as a lone worker but as part of a wider team. Staff have continual access to indirect support. This is a very rewarding post enabling patients to live in their home environment and access the wider community. We are looking for Registered nurses who:
Post 1 – 20hrs West Post holder will work primarily 3 weekdays evenings 1730-02130 plus Sun 1340-2130, the post holder may be required to rotate to night shift on occasion. This post will be predominantly based in West Lothian however on occasion the post holder will be asked to work in other areas of Lothian due to wider service needs. Post 2 – 20hrs Mid Post holder will work primarily weekdays 0820 – 1510, the post holder will be required to rotate to weekends and night shift on occasion. This post will be predominantly based in Midlothian however on occasion the post holder will be asked to work in other areas of Lothian due to wider service needs. Post 3 and 4 - 37.5hrs- (part time available) – Pan Lothian Post holder will work predominantly nightshift but will be required to rotate onto dayshift on occasion to meet service demand If you have any questions or would like to arrange an informal visit please contact: acens@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk We look forward to hearing from you! |
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
If you are a nursing student due to graduate this year, please note that a specific 'Newly Qualifying Registered Nurse' advert will be launched in March, and we would be delighted if you could apply to the advert at that point. Please email genericrecruitment@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk and the team will provide you with more information regarding the process that will be followed.
If you are currently working within NHS Lothian in a substantive band 5 Staff Nurse post, and wish to transfer to another area at the same grade, an option that is available to you is the internal transfer process. Please speak to your Charge Nurse for more information: Internal recruitment application process for nursing vacancies (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 22nd February 2024 at the Comely Bank Centre in Edinburgh.
Please note: At the time of interview there may not be a current job vacancy. Successful candidates can have details held for up to six months until a vacant post becomes available.
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/