NHS Lothian - Registered Nurse - East Lothian Community Hospital
Our 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.
Recruitment process – We use a values and competency based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set our in our Strategic Plan. Click the link below for more information on our interview questions:
Exciting opportunities are available to join our teams at East Lothian Community Hospital within NHS Lothian. We have multiple Band 5 positions available for Registered Nurses and are looking for passionate, caring and motivated people to join our highly skilled East Lothian team.
East Lothian Community Hospital - Various Posts available
Posts are available within the following wards:
Ward 1 - Assessment
Ward 3 - Assessment
Ward 4 - Step Down, Rehabilitation
Ward 5 - Mears Ward
Ward 6 - Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
For further information regarding these posts, please contact :
Kirsty Craig, Unit Nurse Manager on 01620 828 200
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 click on the link below:
If you would like to arrange a careers conversation to discuss your career, career pathways and opportunities within NHS Lothian please clink on the link below:
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Interviews are due to be held on the week beginning 26th January