GR – Registered Nurses / ODPs – NHS Lothian
Job Description
Job title: GR – Registered Nurses / ODPs – NHS Lothian
Company: NHS Scotland
Job description: NHS LOTHIANRegistered General Nurses for all Specialties&Operating Department PractitionersNHS Lothian are recruiting Registered Adult Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners. 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 the Pregnancy Support Centre at the Royal Infirmary of EdinburghExciting opportunities are available to join the Pregnancy Support Centre.Pregnancy Support Centre is a nurse led early pregnancy unit which provides care for couples experiencing early pregnancy problems, primarily miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy.This role combines emergency clinical care with the need for excellent communication with patients who are frequently very distressed. This is an opportunity to develop expertise in early pregnancy care and to develop the multiple skills necessary for working within a nurse led service.A background in Gynaecology/Women’s health would be an advantage, although those with transferrable skills are welcome to apply.The role we currently have available is a staff nurse band 5 – 32 hours per week 4 x 8 hour shifts over 7 days with no night duty.For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact:Lisa Starrs, Centre Manager, Pregnancy Support Centre 0131 242 2428NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Hiring Manager.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.scotIf 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: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.Please note that we anticipate that the interviews for this advert will take place on Wednesday 1st May 2024 at the Comley Bank Centre in EdinburghPlease note: At the time of the interview there may not be a current job vacancy. Successful candidates can have details held for up to six months until a vacant post becomes available.A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the link below:Find out what our staff say about working in NHS Lothian at:https://careers.nhslothian.scot/acute-specialist-nurses/who-we-are/
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Location: Edinburgh
