198061 (MG) Acute Hospital Liaison Nurse

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. 

An excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced RNLD to join the Acute Hospital Liaison Nurse Team, which provides a nurse led, innovative and dynamic service to children and adults with a learning disability accessing acute hospital services. The key purpose of the post is to facilitate and enable equity of access to secondary healthcare services, through direct patient work, strategic development, and building capability across teams.

The post will be Lothian wide, working across the key hospital sites at St Johns, Western General Hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Royal Hospital for for Children and Young People. 

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Scott Taylor, Nurse Consultant on / or email scott.taylor@nhs.scot