Day Surgery Unit
This is a nurse led service based at both the Western General Hospital and St Johns Hospital, Livingston. We offer a robust induction programme and competencies relevant to the area. We also offer post graduate opportunities in the form of the clinical decision and assessment course and training for nurses to consent patients for their procedure in some areas.
St Johns Hospital
This is 42 bedded unit providing specialist pre and post operative care for patients receiving orthopaedic, ophthalmology, general, gynaecology and urology surgery but specialise in ENT, maxillofacial, obstetrics and plastic surgery. They also provide a regional service for head and neck surgery.
Western General Hospital
This is a 24 bedded surgery unit providing specialist pre and post operative care to patients undergoing many different types of urology and colorectal surgery and endoscopic procedures.
Pre-operative assessment
This is a nurse led service based at both the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and St Johns Hospital, Livingston. The team work hard to ensure that patients have all the relevant information to make an informed decision prior to their procedure. They are also experts in patient history taking, clinical examination and ordering relevant tests an investigation to ensure the surgery is safe to proceed.
The type of patients pre-assessed for their operation on each site depends on the surgery they conduct.
We offer a robust induction programme and competencies relevant to the area. We also offer post graduate study in the form of the clinical decision and assessment course.
St Johns Hospital
St Johns Hospital offers pre-assessment for a wide variety of surgical specialties including general surgery, urology, ophthalmology and orthopaedics but specialise in ENT, maxillofacial, obstetrics and plastic surgery.
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh specialises in orthopaedics and general surgery.
Contact:
Please email any queries to datccrecruitment@nhs.scot
