Registered Nurse

NHS Lothian Newly Qualified Registered Nurses 2026 - Learning Disabilities Nursing

NHS Lothian are delighted to accept applications from newly qualifying nurses 2026. We are looking for passionate, caring, and motivated people to join our highly skilled nursing teams to work within our many specialities. You can be assured of the friendliest of welcomes from our committed nursing teams dedicated to giving you the best start to your nursing career.

In addition to your clinical skills, we are interested in your passion for working in healthcare and your commitment to delivering excellent patient- centred care, as well as a demonstration of personal values, aligned to those of our organisation.

What Opportunities are Available

We have some exciting opportunities available within all areas across NHS Lothian.

The majority of our vacancies are expected to be within our Community Hospitals and the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

Please see the attached document for further details regarding the locations and speciailties across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

We anticipate a high volume of applications and therefore the matching process will be competitive.

Stating your Preference

As part of the application process, you will have the opportunity to indicate your preferred site and speciality, with up to 3 preference choises. When selecting your preferences, please ensure that you consider your ability to travel and how it may impact your work-life balance. Every effort is made to accommodate 1st choices although this is not guaranteed due to availability of posts.

Matching Process

We aim to align you to a post via a matching process carried out by a team of Senior Clinical Leaders. The decision-making will consider your learning, skills, experience and the values that you have described within your application. The highest scoring applicants will be more likely to be matched to their first choice preference. If you are currently an Assistant Practitioner within NHS Lothian please include this information in your application.

You will be contacted by telephone by the clinical teams to advise you of which post you have been matched to. We anticipate that matching may take several weeks to complete and phone calls will commence from 14th May onwards.

Please note that we will be unable to facilitate rematches under this advert once the matching process has concluded.