Team Lead

NHS Lothian; Bonnyrigg; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lothian is recruiting a Team Lead for ACENS at Bonnyrigg Primary Care Centre. This permanent nursing leadership role offers 36 hours per week and a Band 6 pay range (£43,231 - £52,679).

You will lead a skilled nursing team within ACENS, supporting clinical education and service delivery across the centre. We value compassionate, inclusive leadership and provide development opportunities, induction programmes and a supportive environment for professional growth.

Qualifications

• PVG Scheme membership is required.
• Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

Job description

Job reference: 262220
Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date: 28/10/2026
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Bonnyrigg Primary Care Centre
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 36
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: ACENS

Team Lead - ACENS
NHS Lothian is excited to be recruiting to a Team Lead - ACENS - Bonnyrigg Primary Care 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 & 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.

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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.

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. 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.

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 supporting documents. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Angela Lees on 0131 454 1014 or email [e-mail]

Supporting Documents: NHSL 262220 Team Lead - ACENS Person Specification (PDF); NHSL 262220 Team Lead - ACENS Job Description (PDF); Lothian Additional Information - Nursing 0625 (PDF)