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Acute Specialist Theatre Practitioners and Operating Department Practitioners in Transplant and Organ Retrieval Theatres
Looking For a Career Move – Bring Your Skills to Edinburgh
Do you wish to be a part of one of Scotland's teams providing a National Organ Retrieval Service as well as providing exceptional specialist care in delivery of transplant and major elective surgery?
The team is seeking to recruit highly motivated and enthusiastic perioperative practitioners for our busy and dynamic theatre department. The postholder will rotate between specialties in Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Organ Retrieval and elective Hepatobiliary, Upper GI, General and Endocrine surgery.
The postholder will provide effective, patient focused perioperative care within our core values and under the guidance of the Clinical Lead. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and we aim to be truly representative, for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
The postholder will be required to participate in on call rosters, which provide 24 hour cover over 7 days per week. The post holder also requires a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group then an application will need to be made and approved by Disclosure Scotland prior to commencing employment.
The Lothian region is a place of exceptional beauty, from the capital City of Edinburgh with it’s historic and culturally diverse centre, to the wonderful surrounding countryside and the coastline beyond, offering an enviable work life balance.
If you are interested do please come and meet our friendly team. For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Clinical Lead Sharlene Philp on 0131 242 3263 or email: sharlene.philp@nhslothian.scot.nhs,uk
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.