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By discipline

NES has a lot of disciplines

Administrative services

With around 30,000 staff across NHSScotland, Administrative Services makes up one of the largest staff groups in the health service. These services cover a wide range of different occupations and prof...
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Dentistry

We are responsible for the commissioning and delivery of a wide range of dental education and training in Scotland for all members of the dental team. We are also committed to educational research an...
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Healthcare Science

We have oversight of training programmes and initiatives to develop the healthcare science workforce, with an aim of ensuring a sustainable fit-for-purpose workforce supply for NHSScotland. ...
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Medicine

NES Medicine is responsible for the commissioning and delivery of postgraduate medical education in Scotland...
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Nursing and Midwifery

Supporting Scotland's nurses and midwives...
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Optometry

NES Optometry exists to up-skill Scottish Community Optometrists...
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Pharmacy

We are the National UK Centre for Continuing Pharmaceutical Education in Scotland ...
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Psychology

Psychology offers a scientific basis for understanding and practical methods for influencing how people think, feel and behave which can be applied to physical and mental health and wellbeing...
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Spiritual Care

Spiritual Care is person centred care which seeks to help people (re)discover hope, resilience and inner strength in times of illness, injury, transition and loss....
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Support services

Staff working in Support Service roles provide a wide variety of services ranging from Domestic Services to Estates Management...
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