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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
The Dental Directorate is responsible for the delivery of high-quality education and training across a diverse range of training programmes, including management, funding and provision of postgraduate education for dentists and dental care professionals (DCPs).
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative and enthusiastic team within the Dental Clinical Effectiveness Workstream. The team has gained a strong reputation for developing and publishing Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) clinical guidance that is used by the dental profession both throughout Scotland and in other countries. You will be responsible for the management of guidance development projects, working with groups composed of diverse stakeholders to develop clinical guidance and associated implementation tools for a range of intended audiences. You will also participate in other activities within the workstream related to SDCEP guidance implementation.
Do you want to develop evidence-based, user-friendly resources that support dental teams to deliver safe and effective patient care?
Do you thrive working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders?
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?
Do you enjoy analysis, problem solving and collaborating with others?
Do you enjoy drafting and editing written content?
Working within the Clinical Effectiveness Workstream you will have the opportunity to bring your unique skills and experience to the table, to deliver high quality resources to support the training and education of dental teams.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Specialist Research Leads need to offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Experience and understanding of research methodologies and critical appraisal.
- Experience of managing projects, prioritising workload and establishing goals, timescales and work plans to meet agreed targets.
- Presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex, highly specialised information.
- Excellent IT, information management, analytical and numerical skills.
- A keen eye for detail and quality, with experience in drafting and producing papers and reports for publication.
- Ability to work within a team, with leadership, communication and interpersonal skills and a flexible approach to learning and problem solving.
We recognise that you might have gained your experience and skills in a discipline other than healthcare, but if you have the ability and enthusiasm to transfer these to a new setting, we’re keen to hear from you.
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
- Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
- NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in a Specialist Research Lead role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Samantha Rutherford, Principal Development Lead, samantha.rutherford@nhs.scot
Next Steps
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a presentation and pre-interview task) will take place on Wednesday 5th February and Thursday 6th of February 2025. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot