Healthcare Support Worker inEdinburgh inEdinburgh PUBLISHED 13 JUL 2024

Band 3

NHS Lothian

NEON has a presence across Lothian and works in partnership with colleagues in West, Mid and East as well as the city centre.
NHS Lothian Wants You


Exciting opportunities are available to join the Harm Reduction Team based in Spittal Street Centre. We have a position available for Clinical Support Workers and we are looking for passionate, caring, motivated people to join our highly skilled nursing teams.

We offer the opportunity to work with talented teams within multidisciplinary environments and impact positively on the lives of thousands of patients and their families.


Harm Reduction Team - Spittal Street Centre


Harm Reduction Team continues to work in a variety of settings across Lothian, this includes:-

  • Drug Liaison Nurses ( DLNs)
  • NEON
  • Low Medication Programme ( LTMP )
  • Near Fatal Overdose Assertive Outreach (NFO)
  • Wound Care

NEON has a presence across Lothian and works in partnership with colleagues in West, Mid and East as well as the city centre. The work remains focussed on harm reduction, providing needles and syringes as well as the dispensing of Naloxone kits and DBST testing. Most of the work is centred on assertive outreach and the provision of a home visit service or hostel in reach. We have continued to promote the injecting assessment tool with all our work and this has allowed us to understand the need of our clients and any trends that are prevalent amongst those using drugs, e.g. the increase of cocaine injecting and soft skin tissue infections.

The LTMP has a patient base of 60 whom are seen at the centre either daily or weekly and we continue to work with people who inject drugs in several body sites, people who may be in danger of overdose or at risk of contracting a blood borne virus (BBV). Patients have access to key work, groups, wound care and dental treatment as well as access to psychiatric assessment.

The staff team remain committed to addressing the needs of those in danger of NFO; ensuring people feel supported and have access to the range of services and staff skills on offer.

For More Information About The Role, Please Read The Flyer Attached. For Any Questions You May Have Regarding The Role, Please Contact :

James Shanley -


If You Are An Internal NHS Lothian Band 3 Candidate We Will Not Proceed With Shortlisting And Interview And Instead You Will Move To Our Internal Transfer Process.

To Find Out More About The Internal Transfer Process Please Click On The Link Below:



If you would like to arrange a careers conversation to discuss your career, career pathways and opportunities within NHS Lothian please clink on the link below:


A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the link below:

Find out what our staff say about working in NHS Lothian at:

www.jobsincare.com/job/jtuzuKWQ
NHS Lothian Wants You

Exciting opportunities are available to join the Harm Reduction Team based in Spittal Street Centre. We have a position available for Clinical Support Workers and we are looking for passionate, caring, motivated people to join our highly skilled nursing teams.

We offer the opportunity to work with talented teams within multidisciplinary environments and impact positively on the lives of thousands of patients and their families.

Harm Reduction Team - Spittal Street Centre

Harm Reduction Team continues to work in a variety of settings across Lothian, this includes:-

  • Drug Liaison Nurses ( DLNs)
  • NEON
  • Low Medication Programme ( LTMP )
  • Near Fatal Overdose Assertive Outreach (NFO)
  • Wound Care

NEON has a presence across Lothian and works in partnership with colleagues in West, Mid and East as well as the city centre. The work remains focussed on harm reduction, providing needles and syringes as well as the dispensing of Naloxone kits and DBST testing. Most of the work is centred on assertive outreach and the provision of a home visit service or hostel in reach. We have continued to promote the injecting assessment tool with all our work and this has allowed us to understand the need of our clients and any trends that are prevalent amongst those using drugs, e.g. the increase of cocaine injecting and soft skin tissue infections.

The LTMP has a patient base of 60 whom are seen at the centre either daily or weekly and we continue to work with people who inject drugs in several body sites, people who may be in danger of overdose or at risk of contracting a blood borne virus (BBV). Patients have access to key work, groups, wound care and dental treatment as well as access to psychiatric assessment.

The staff team remain committed to addressing the needs of those in danger of NFO; ensuring people feel supported and have access to the range of services and staff skills on offer.

For More Information About The Role, Please Read The Flyer Attached. For Any Questions You May Have Regarding The Role, Please Contact :

James Shanley -

If You Are An Internal NHS Lothian Band 3 Candidate We Will Not Proceed With Shortlisting And Interview And Instead You Will Move To Our Internal Transfer Process.

To Find Out More About The Internal Transfer Process Please Click On The Link Below:


If you would like to arrange a careers conversation to discuss your career, career pathways and opportunities within NHS Lothian please clink on the link below:

A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the link below:

Find out what our staff say about working in NHS Lothian at:

www.jobsincare.com/job/jtuzuKWQ


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