Job Advert
Band 5 Registered Staff Nurse
Posts available within Primary Care, Rehabilitation, HBCCC, Intermediate Care, Continuous Care & Medicine of the Elderly.
Various Community Hospitals and Prison locations across Edinburgh & the Lothians
Final Year Students will be invited to apply from March onwards. Please do not apply to this advert as your application will not be taken forward.
Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity?
NHS Lothian Welcomes applications for Band 5 Registered Community Nurses across Community Hospitals and Prisons within NHS Lothian. We are looking for passionate, caring, motivated people to join our highly skilled nursing teams to work within a number of different Community Hospitals and Prison specialities.
We offer the opportunity to work with innovative and talented teams within multidisciplinary environments and impact positively on the lives of thousands of patients and their families.
What we are looking for
- Are you a team player?
- Do you have excellent communication skills?
- Are you Comfortable working in a multidisciplinary environment?
- Do you have thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice?
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.
Our Values are:
- Quality
- Dignity and Respect
- Care and Compassion
- Openness, Honesty and Responsibility
- Teamwork
More information on Our Values can be found by clicking on the link at the bottom of our Careers website front page: www.careers.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Lothian provides a comprehensive range of primary, community-based and acute hospital services, employing over 24,000 staff providing healthcare services to 800,000 people in Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian. We offer Generous holidays, excellent pension scheme and investment in your development.
NHS Lothian is committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to deliver their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
Some of the opportunities on offer include, but are not limited to:
- HMP Edinburgh & Addiewell
HMP Edinburgh has a population of 900 prisoners, and HMP Addiewell has a population of 796. The Prison Healthcare Service provides a range of clinical services and interventions that meet prisoner healthcare needs. As a Primary Care Nurse, you will be responsible for a nurse led primary care clinic/treatment room on a daily basis. Full time posts available.
- Hawthorn Ward, Ellen's Glen House
Hawthorn ward is located in Ellen’s Glen House, which is part of Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnerships. It’s a 30 bedded complex clinical care ward which specialises in palliative and end of life care. There are also 2 respite beds to provide support for families caring for their loved one at home. Full time, permanent positions available.
- Leith Community Treatment Centre - Outpatients
Leith Community Treatment Centre provides a wide range of outpatient and day services for adults and children living in Leith and North-East Edinburgh. Your role will include assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care. Part time, permanent post available.
Please indicate your areas of interest within ‘Assessment B’ of your application form. Only one application is required to be considered for all posts included within this advert.
Candidates who are successful at interview will then be matched against the vacancies; taking into account service need, individual preference, skills and development needs. Please note that all vacancies are subject to change.
For further information about the posts listed please see the informal contact list attached.
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.
https://careers.nhslothian.scot/over-100-careers-just-one-employer/
Further information such as Job Descriptions and Person Specifications can be requested by emailing: genericrecruitment@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
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