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NHS Lothian 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 Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, appropriately experienced and qualified nurse to join the Breast Care Nursing team in the Edinburgh Breast Unit. We have vacancies within the primary and secondary breast cancer services..
Breast Services is a dynamic and exciting specialty and the department provides a high quality, safe and supportive environment in order to care for patients with breast disease (malignancies and non-malignancies), meeting the identified physical and psycho-social needs of the patient). The department provides symptomatic assessment, diagnosis of breast disease through to surgery/specialist plastic surgery, clinical and medical oncology to post treatment surveillance, providing specilaist management plan for patients with primary and secondary breast disease.
Further information and informal enquires regarding this post can be obtained from Emma Childs, Lead Breast Care Nurse - 0131 537 3408 or Audrey Campbell, CNM, Edinburgh Cancer Centre - 0131 537 2233 or 07872419259
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***