GR Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Registered Nurses

Registered Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NursesOur Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan sets out our Vision, Ambitions and Values that enable excellent care for our patients and service users. It also demonstrates what you can expect from our organisation and what you can aspire to in your own career development. A collaborative, person focused approach is at the very centre of everything we aspire to achieve, and necessary to deliver care that is high quality, compassionate, safe and effective. We continue to work towards having a diverse and inclusive culture for people who work for us and use our services. We want everyone to realise their full potential and make a positive contribution. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities. We are committed to supporting the development of a nursing and midwifery workforce that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We are interested in your passion for developing with us as a leader as well as demonstrating alignment with the values and ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. We are committed to providing the strong foundations of clinical education with our Clinical Education and Training team, our education co-ordinators, robust induction programmes and preceptorship as well as working with you to build on your leadership strengths.

A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the following text: NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan.

Recruitment process – We use a values and competency based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set our in our Strategic Plan. Information on interview questions is available from NHS Lothian Careers.

Current Vacancies:

Royal Edinburgh Hospital – Orchard Clinic

Forensics

Ferryfield Community Hospital – Ward 1

Mental Health HBCCC

Edinburgh MAT Access Clinic

Substance Misuse Service

North West Edinburgh – Community Mental Health Team

Older People\''s Mental Health

St John\''s Hospital – PentlandCourt

Rehabilitation

Please note, we are looking for candidates who have experience as a Registered Nurse in post.

The list is subject to constant change. When completing the online application form please note if you have an area of preference.

For more information on the vacancies available, please see the attached flyers below with contact details for the clinical areas.

If you would like to have an informal visit or 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

If you are an internal NHS Lothian Band 5 candidate we will not proceed with shortlisting and interview and instead you will move to our internal transfer process. To find out more about the internal transfer process, please see the internal recruitment information from NHS Lothian.

If you would like to arrange a stay and grow conversation to discuss your career, career pathways and opportunities within NHS Lothian please see the Career Conversations information.

Please note, we anticipate that the interviews for this advert will take place on

Tuesday 30th September

at the Comely Bank Centre in Edinburgh.

Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

Find out what our staff say about working in NHS Lothian at: Who We Are – NHS Lothian ..... full job details .....