Location*:
*venues will be confirmed on Monday for each beginning Induction week
Wednesday, 3rd December 2025: Comely Bank Centre
Thursday, 4th December 2025: Comely Bank Centre
Wednesday, 17th December 2025*: Comely Bank Centre or WGH Paderewski Lecture Theatre
Thursday, 18th December 2025*: Comely Bank Centre or WGH Paderewski Lecture Theatre
WGH / CBC Site Map: Western General Hospital – Going to Hospital
SJH Site Map: St Johns Hospital – Going to Hospital
On the ‘Adult Nursing’ induction pathway, RN/RM/ODP Clinical Induction follows Corporate Induction (Monday and Tuesday) and takes place on Wednesdays and Thursdays of induction week 1 (please see Pathways of Corporate Induction – Induction). NHS Lothian RN/RM/ODP Clinical Induction is a collaborative programme for Registered Nurses (Adult Health, Mental Health, and Learning Disabilities), Operating Department Practitioners and Registered Midwives, in both primary and secondary care settings, who join NHS Lothian as new employees or have recently qualified as registered practitioner. This interactive, engaging two-day programme aims to promote integration and a sense of belonging within the wider clinical NHS Lothian team. This programme is generic* and covers a wide range of topics which have been requested and agreed by Clinical Service Leads and have relevance for newly registered practitioners and registered practitioners new to NHS Lothian. It provides participants with an introduction to relevant clinical elements, key issues, services, contacts, and resources. *A role-specific period of induction in the new staff member’s workplace will be defined to meet individual needs for the role they will be undertaking. Please refer to the standard document ‘Corporate and Clinical Induction for Newly Recruited Nurses and Midwives, Newly Qualified Registrants and New to Lothian’ (Nursing and Midwifery Induction Agreement, V1.1, available on the Intranet). Facilitated by CET Clinical Educators, the programme content will be presented by specialist practitioners based within Clinical Services and CET Clinical Educators. Both days are usually hosted face-to-face fortnightly (and during the annual intake of newly qualified registered practitioners weekly) in the Comely Bank Centre, Western General Hospital or St. John’s Hospital. On rare occasions, days may be delivered virtually through MS Teams. | |
| Programme content (may be subject to change) | |
– Introduction to RN/RM/ODP Clinical Induction: * Clinical Education & Training (CET) Department * Intranet navigation for NHS Lothian policies * Educational Governance, clinical competencies and clinical skills courses * Course booking (eESS) – Opportunities: * NHS Lothian N & M Induction Agreement * NHS Lothian N & M Strategic Plan * Stay & Grow Conversations * LANMAC * Staff Networks * Staff Support * CPD opportunities – Quality in Healthcare – Lothian Accreditation and Care Assurance Standards (LACAS) and Quality Improvement (QI) – Accountability and Delegation – Infection prevention and control – Safe transfusion practice – Tissue viability – Person-centred approaches to practice – Introduction of the Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) role and discussion of next career steps – Bladder and bowel dysfunction – assessment and management* – Medicines management within NHS Lothian – Palliative care* – Frailty and Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP)* – A Dementia Journey* – Recognising the deteriorating patient, NEWS2 and SBAR-D* * Concurrent Registered Midwives programme during these sessions | |
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| Locations Site Map (please zoom in for Western General Hospital Outpatients Department (OPD) Building and zoom out for the Comely Bank Centre) | |
| Comely Bank Centre (CBC) | 13 Crewe Road South | Edinburgh| EH4 2LD Training rooms (TR 2 – 8: ground floor, TR 11: first floor (stairs) | |
| Western General Hospital (WGH) | Crewe Road South | Edinburgh | EH4 2XU Paderewski Lecture Theatre OPD building / 4th floor (lifts and stairs) Carrington Room Inverleith Building (ground floor, from the entrance area turn left along the hallway, then right) | |
| St. John’s Hospital (SJH) | Howden Road West | Howden | Livingston | EH54 6PP Education Centre Lecture Theatre Site Map for St. John’s Hospital | |
Car Parking (subject to change, please verify prior to travelling) Car parking is not available in the Comely Bank Centre (CBC) grounds and availability will be limited at the Western General Hospital (WGH). There are metered on-street parking options nearby and free parking options further afield. Lothian Buses 19, 24, 29, 37 and 38 stop outside the CBC (stop ‘Comely Bank Cemetery’) as well as the WGH (stops ‘Western General Hospital’ and ‘West Woods’) and there is a 38 bus stop in the WGH between Anne Ferguson Building (AFB) and Royal Victoria Building (RVB). At St. John’s Hospital (SJH), only permit holders can access on-site staff car parking. Without permit, staff parking is available in a designated area next to Livingston Football Club. A minibus shuttle service will operate 0600-1000 and 1600-2100 Monday to Friday. SJH pick up and drop off point will be at Car Park C Area (Maternity Car Park and right beside OPD1). Users must show their ID badge to use the service. User enquiries – Please contact the SJH Car Parking Team. Alternatively, it is a 10-15min walk from St John’s, should staff choose to walk. Lothian Country Buses, Lothian Buses First Buses and Horsburgh Buses service SJH. The nearest railway station is Livingston North, ~25min walking distance to/from SJH. *** subject to change – please seek advice/confirmation regarding parking at SJH from the SJH Car Parking Team close to your induction week *** | |
| Timing | |
| RN/RM/ODP Clinical Induction is scheduled on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the first week of NHS Lothian Corporate Induction. Please note that staff who arrive late may not be admitted and will be asked to rebook and attend on another day. | |
| Western General Hospital | |
| Paderewski Lecture Theatre | Carrington Room (Inverleith Building) |
| Arrive and sign in: 9.20 Programme start: 9.30 Programme end: 16.30 | Arrive and sign in: 9.15 Programme start: 9.30 Programme end: 16.30 |
| Comely Bank Centre (Training Room) St John’s Hospital (Lecture Theatre) | |
| Arrive and sign in: 9.15 Programme start: 9.30 Programme end: 16.30 | Arrive and sign in: 9.20 Programme start: 9.30 Programme end: 16.30 |
| Communication | |
| You find essential information on this website and the NHS Lothian intranet site Induction (scot.nhs.uk). At the time of your booking, both the delegate (new or newly registered staff member) and their line manager receive a separate booking confirmation for RN/RM/ODP Clinical Induction with links to the NHS Lothian Internet Induction site. Each induction week’s RN/RM/ODP Clinical Induction location can be found here at the top of the page, directly under the ‘Clinical – Registered Nurses (Adult Health / Mental Health / Learning Disability), Registered Midwives and ODPs’ tab. Further information – Faculty are clinical and education specialists who leave their work areas to deliver their presentations, therefore we need to keep the programme on schedule – please arrive with time to sign the attendance record before the programme starts, and please arrive back from breaks in time for the programme to resume as scheduled – You will need to sign in the attendance record for each day as you arrive and initial next to your signature as you return from your lunch break – The programme contains a 30-minute morning break, a 45-minute lunch break and a 10-minute afternoon stretch break – In the Paderewski Lecture Theatre and SJH Lecture Theatre, food and beverages are not allowed – Uniform is not required; sufficiently warm, comfortable, layered clothing is recommended, to adapt to varying room temperatures (facilitators are unable to change the centrally managed air condition settings) – You may find it useful to take notes, please bring a pen and paper – Please note that there is no parking available on-site, but there are several pay-and-display areas nearby, including on Carrington Road just opposite the Western General Hospital site, and please note St. John’s Hospital (SJH) parking situation detailed above, which is subject to change. Please seek advice/confirmation regarding parking at SJH from the SJH Car Parking Team close to your induction week. – Please note that clinical induction programme parts are subject to change at short notice, the finalised programme will be introduced at the start of each RN/RM/ODP Clinical Induction day | |
| Contact | |
| For RN/RM/ODP Clinical Induction-related enquiries, please email: loth.clinicalinductionrnrm@nhs.scot | |
We look forward to welcoming you soon and hope you will find the programme inspiring, enjoyable and valuable as you settle in to your new post with NHS Lothian. Best wishes The Clinical Education and Training (CET) Team | |
