Job reference: 262903
Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date: 03/11/2026
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 36
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: Mental Health Assessment Service (MHAS)

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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.

The post holder has responsibility to carry out mental health, bio-psychosocial assessments, and risk assessments of patients attending the Royal Edinburgh Hospital (REH), emergency department/Lothian Unscheduled Care Service (LUCS) at Royal Infirmary Edinburgh (RIE) and Combined Assessment Unit.

They will deliver a high quality of care in accordance with the values, skills and knowledge of the capability framework.

To offer a seamless mental health assessment service to patients presenting to REH, the emergency department and LUCS at the NRIE.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

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.

Recruitment process
We use a values and competency-based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. We aim to offer an equitable experience and are sharing interview questions in advance.

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.