GR - Registered Nurses Research

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.

Recruitment Process:
We use a Values And Competency Based Recruitment Process that is linked to the Ambitions set in our Strategic Plan. Click the link below for more information on our interview questions.

Exciting opportunities are available to join the Clinical Research Facility within one of sites across NHS Lothian. We are recruiting innovative and enthusiastic Registered Nurses to assist us in providing high quality planned nursing care for patients and volunteers participating in clinical research. We offer the opportunity to not only work within talented teams within multidisciplinary environments but to make a positive impact on the lives of thousands of patients and their families.

Research nurses play a vital role in the delivery of NHS Lothian’s Research and Development objectives through the co‑ordination of studies, management of research data and the delivery of specialist nursing care required as part of the studies. As part of the clinical research team, Research Nurses will have responsibility for the delivery of direct and indirect care and associated data collection for research studies undertaken in the CRF, in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Guidelines, to ensure the effective running of research studies on a day‑to‑day basis, while having responsibility and accountability for maintaining clinical, staff and research governance.

• Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIECRF)
• Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (WTCRF), Western General Hospital

For more information on the vacancies available, please contact:

• RIECRF
  Scott Farley‑Simpson Lead Research Nurse
  
  Scott.
  
  Farley‑Simpsont
• WTCRF
  Jill Steven Lead Research Nurse
  
  Jill.
  
  Stevent

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.genericrecruitmentt.

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.

AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application - but your answers must be your own. Show us the real you: your application should reflect your skills, experience and motivations authentically. Use AI wisely: it's fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don't let it write your answers.

Applications that rely on AI generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you - not an AI tool.

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.

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.

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