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Newly Qualified Registered Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Nurse Recruitment 2024
Are you looking to apply for your first permanent role as a Registered Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse?
NHS Lothian are delighted to accept applications from newly qualifying nurses 2024. We are looking for passionate, caring, and motivated people to join our highly skilled nursing teams to work within our many specialities. You can be assured of the friendliest of welcomes from our committed nursing teams dedicated to giving you the best start to your nursing career.
In addition to your clinical skills, we are interested in your passion for working in healthcare and your commitment to delivering excellent patient- centred care, as well as a demonstration of personal values, aligned to those of our organisation.
What Opportunities are Available
We have a variety of exciting opportunities within all areas across NHS Lothian. Please see attached documents detailing our locations and specialities across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Stating your Preference
As part of the application process, you will have the opportunity to indicate your preferred site and speciality, with up to 3 preference choices. When selecting your preferences, please ensure that you consider your ability to travel and how it may impact your work-life balance. Every effort is made to accommodate 1st choices although this is not guaranteed due to availability of posts.
If you have any queries regarding how to complete the preference selections, please don't hesitate to contact the Generic Recruitment team at loth.genericrecruitment@nhs.scot
Matching Process
We aim to align you to a post via a matching process carried out by a team of Senior Clinical Leaders. The decision-making will consider your learning, skills, experience and the values that you have described within your application. The highest scoring applicants will be more likely to be matched to their first choice preference. If you are currently an Assistant Practitioner within NHS Lothian please include this information in your application.
You will be contacted by telephone on the week commencing the 29th of April by the clinical teams to advise you of which post you have been matched to. Please note that we will be unable to facilitate rematches under this advert once the matching process has concluded.
Please only include areas in which you are willing to accept an offer.
For further information on the opportunities available, please contact:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital (Acute, Rehabilitation, Older People's Mental Health, IHTT, Forensics, Prison Nursing, Perinatal, Eating Disorders) - Craig Stenhouse (craig.stenhouse@nhs.scot)
CAMHS - Eileen Clark (eileen.clark@nhs.scot)
Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care (HBCCC) - Lesley Clark (lesley.clark@nhs.scot)
Edinburgh Community Services - Danny Low (daniel.low@nhs.scot)
Midlothian Community Services - Karen Darroch (karen.darroch@nhs.scot)
Midlothian Community Hospital - Kirsty Jack (kirsty.jack4@nhs.scot)
East Lothian Community Services - Sarah Gossner (sarah.gossner@nhs.scot)
East Lothian Community Hospital - Kirsty Craig (kirsty.craig@nhs.scot)
West Lothian Community Services - Linda Yule (linda.yule@nhs.scot)
Learning Disabilities - Lisa Graham (lisa.graham6@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk)
Please don't hesitate to contact the Generic Recruitment team at loth.genericrecruitment@nhs.scot should you have any queries.
A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the link below:
https://services.nhslothian.scot/nursingandmidwifery/strategic-plan-2023-2028/