Registered Mental Health Nurses - Ritson Clinic
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.
A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the following link: https://services.nhslothian.scot/nursingandmidwifery/strategic-plan-2023-2028/
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:
How to Apply NHS Lothian Careers
NHS Lothian are recruiting Registered Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Nurses who already have their NMC PIN. We have an extensive range of specialties and services, covering a large geographical area.
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!
NHS Lothian provide a Generic Recruitment process, no need for multiple applications or interviews. We accept one application, you will have one interview and there will be one decision, with your skills, experience and choice being matched to one of our vacancies.
Ritson Clinic
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Exciting opportunities are available to join the team at the Ritson Clinic at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. We have Band 5 positions available for Registered X Nurses and we are looking for passionate, caring, and motivated people to join our highly skilled nursing teams.
We offer the opportunity to work with talented teams within multidisciplinary environments and impact positively on the lives of thousands of patients and their families.
About the Role
The Ritson Clinic is a 12-bedded unit that provides in-patient assessment and detoxification from alcohol and/or drugs to patients across the city of Edinburgh and Lothians .It caters primarily for people with alcohol disorders but many will also have other complex needs, including drug use and painkiller addiction. Most have co-morbid mental and/ or physical health problems.
The post holder will play a key role in assessing patient needs and delivering outstanding, patient-centred care through effective planning, implementation and evaluation of care programmes.
Please note, the shifts will be worked over a 24 hour period, 7 days a week.
Please note that these vacancies are available to experienced nurses with an existing NMC PIN
For more information, please contact Charge Nurses Stefan Crawford ([email protected]) and Kevin Wallace ([email protected]).
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please email the Generic Recruitment team who will be able to assist: [email protected]
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:
Internal recruitment application process for nursing vacancies (scot.nhs.uk)
If you would like to arrange a stay and grow conversation to discuss your career, career pathways and opportunities within NHS Lothian please click on the link below:
Career Conversations (scot.nhs.uk)
As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
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