Job reference: 264008
Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date: 18/11/2026
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: NHS Lothian
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 36
Job posted date: 04/11/2026
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: Mental Health

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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.

We are recruiting to the post of Practice Mental Health Nurse.

NHS Lothian is excited to be recruiting to a Practice Mental Health Nurse based at Sighthill Green Medical Centre.

We are looking for an inspirational leader who is caring, compassionate and motivated to join our strong, empowered and highly skilled nursing family.

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.

Recruitment process – We use a values and competency-based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. Within NHS Lothian, Nursing and Midwifery interviews are linked to our Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan. We aim to offer an equitable experience and are sharing interview questions in advance. A selection of the interview questions can be found on our Careers site.

Responsibilities

• To undertake the role of the Practice Mental Health Nurse utilising specialist clinical knowledge to inform decision making and clinical judgment from initial assessment to care planning.
• To provide specialist advice to the Primary Care and multidisciplinary team in relation to the management of patient conditions through the assessment, treatment and review planning process in partnership with the patient/Carer.
• Provision of a specialist community/Practice based mental health service for individuals in crisis, with suicidal and occasionally psychotic episodes, substance misuse referring them to the appropriate service as required.
• Provide specialist advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives.
• Support the development of the service to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence-based standards, guidelines and policies.
• To provide teaching and supervision to junior staff and students.

Further information
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, see the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Paul Novak, email paul.novak@nhs.scot.

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. 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.