Video Transcript
There are over 100 different career paths within NHS Lothian and we are certain to have a career to suit you.
NHS Lothian offers a huge range of exciting and challenging opportunities for people who are passionate about making a difference. We actively recruit people of all ages, backgrounds and levels of experience. No matter what area of NHS Lothian you join, you will become part of a talented, passionate team of people committed to providing the best care and treatment to patients.
The geographical area known as Lothian region covers 700 square miles, comprising the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian. As well as many sites of historic interest, the region boasts a host of recreational activities for all ages. NHS Lothian offers excellent career prospects and a wide range of job, training and development opportunities as well as excellent staff benefits.
Helen Robertson: Health Visitor
“We’ve got inner-city, we’ve got small rural towns, seaside towns, so there’s everything there that could attract anybody.”
Christine Owens: Occupational Therapist
“We’re one of the biggest Health Boards in Scotland and we’ve got lots of opportunities and areas to work in and it’s an exciting opportunity to progress and change and evolve in the organization.”
Neil Fontaine: Community Nurse Prectitioner, West Lothian REACT Team
“Generally the feedback you find from people who come to West Lothian, who come to St. Johns, is that because it’s a more manageable size I think it feels a lot more friendly.”
Charlotte Eastwood: Bio-medical Scientist, Haematology
“I live out in a small town, Newtongrange, which is just outside Edinburgh so we’re a little bit more out in the country but it only takes 15-20 minutes to get into the city of Edinburgh.”
Christine Owens: Occupational Therapist
“Come and be based in Lothian, come and live in Lothian and be part of the great opportunity we’ve got to do different things in the city of Edinburgh but also you’re going to become part of an organisation that is really embracing and taking a different vision for how it wants to provide healthcare in the future.”
Ali Bucannan: Occupational Therapist, ELSIE Team
“I really enjoy the variety of patients I get to see and working within the team that really works so well – especially going out to joint assessments with the Physios, that’s really beneficial, especially on our first visits.”
Christine Jansen: Transplant Co-ordinator
“Every day a job is different. I see patients who are coming in for assessment – it’s often a very difficult time for them, and then seeing them go home and lives completely changing.”
Mark McIntyre: Team Leader, Plumbing, St. John’s Hospital
“There are a lot of career opportunities here if you are keen enough you will go that step further and move onto better things here – and bigger things as well – but even coming in at the bottom as well you can work your way up.”
Neil Fontaine: Community Nurse Prectitioner, West Lothian REACT Team
“Living here, having been brought up here, it means my friends, it means my family, it means myself, so I think everything that you see here is everything that I might one day be a part of myself.”
Christine Owens: Occupational Therapist
“It’s great to be part of Lothian and be living in, and near, Edinburgh – you’ve got the capital city – that’s part of the draws of working in this area.”
Helen Robertson: Health Visitor
“I think Lothian’s got so much to offer – lots of different things. Anybody could find anything that they wanted here.”
Christine Owens: Occupational Therapist
“You’re going to be part of an exciting quality improvement journey, you’re going to interact with great people whether it’s staff or with the population that we interact with and you’re going to be living close to the capital city of Scotland. What’s better? What more could you ask for?”
