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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 core function of the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions (NMAHP) Directorate is to support the education, training and continuing professional development of nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, health and social care chaplains and their support workers. The Directorate is also responsible for providing education, training and workforce development across wider professional groups and disciplines, often in partnership with other agencies, to support key policy imperatives.
The Opportunity
The Business Support Team provides a broad range of administrative and operational project support to the Practice Education and Pre-registration programme. This programme plans for, maintains and promotes quality across practice learning in health and social care.
The team supports both the management and development of the digital software systems which ensure regulatory requirements are met, including the quality management system for the practice learning environment, indexing system and electronic practice assessment document which are systems used across health and social care, university settings and by students and staff. Effective management and further development of these systems requires excellent project management skills, knowledge of data governance, and the ability to use data for improvement. Working within the business support Team for NMAHP Practice Education and Pre-registration, we are looking for an Analyst Business Partner to deliver digital business support for staff in NHS Education for Scotland, NMAHP.
Do you enjoy working with and supporting others to use digital systems?
Do you want to play a key role in supporting or advising teams in NHS Education for Scotland as well as across health and social care, and universities, their students and other stakeholders in the effective use of digital systems to underpin regional and national quality assurance workstreams?
Do you thrive working in partnership and building relationships with a wide range of people, across different professions and teams?
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing, dynamic environment?
Do you have a passion for project management and digital systems development?
Working within the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Profession Practice Education and Pre-registration programme’s Business Support Team, you will have the opportunity to support a quality learning environment across the health and social care sector.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
This is a specialist role with a focus on leading the business systems team and supporting the wider Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions team to maintain and progress digital systems. Analyst Business Partners offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
Experience of working with software systems.
The ability to identify, address and manage risks, issues and dependencies that will impede the effective delivery of a digital system.
Highly effective communicator, knowing how to make complex information and language simple for a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing).
Ability to work collaboratively with different teams to provide access to high quality digital systems.
Highly experienced in using a variety of technologies and software, including Microsoft 365 applications and other digital systems.
Ability to confidently lead and facilitate conversations to understand key requirements.
Proven experience of problem solving and being solution focussed
Line management experience. You will be required to delegate and monitor business support workload, in partnership with the programme’s Senior Officer.
Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines
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 an Analyst Business Partner 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 Dr Barbara O’Donnell, Head of Programme Practice Education and Pre-registration barbara.odonnell@nhs.scot
Next Steps
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
In person OR online interviews will take place on Wednesday 25th June, Thursday 26th June and Friday 27th June 2025.
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