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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 Psychiatry at St John's Hospital in Livingston We have vacancies for experienced and newly qualified nurses to join our Psychiatry wards at St John's Hospital in Livingston. Ward 3 Ward 3 is a 12 bedded acute mental health admission for adults 65 and over, aiming to provide a therapeutic and positive environment for those experiencing increased distress due to their mental health and those requiring additional support due to cognitive impairment. Ward 3 operates using a lock-door policy with entry and exit from the ward being supported by nursing staff, facilitating and promoting safety and wellbeing of both those we care for and those who visit. Ward 3 strives to work closely with all MDT professionals to ensure our client group receive a high quality and standard of care and treatment during their recovery journey.
Ward 3 also provides the opportunity to enhance clinical skills in relation to physical health conditions, and assessment for patients who experience stress and distressed behaviours. Full encouragement is given to pursue educational courses that will gain transferable skills to put into clinical practice to upskill our team. For further information, please contact Corina Falconer, Senior Charge Nurse at Corina.Falconer@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. Ward 17 Ward 17 is an acute in- patient admissions unit for West Lothian. Based on the first floor of St John’s Hospital. It is an exciting, fast paced ward with a culture for learning and development. We are looking for a band 5 to join our team. Ward 1 (Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit) An exciting opportunity is available to join the team at Ward 1, the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU) at St John’s Hospital in NHS Lothian. We offer the opportunity to work within a well established multidisciplinary team that practices in a compassionate and trauma informed manner. We also offer the opportunity to work with talented teams within other mental health services across the site, impacting positively on the lives of many patients and their families. Please see attached spotlights for more information. |
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: loth.genericrecruitment@nhs.scot
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.
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 loth.genericrecruitment@nhslothian.scot 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)
Please note that we anticipate that the interviews for this advert will take place on Tuesday 19th March 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:
https://services.nhslothian.scot/nursingandmidwifery/strategic-plan-2023-2028/
Find out what our staff say about working in NHS Lothian at:
https://careers.nhslothian.scot/acute-specialist-nurses/who-we-are/