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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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• Care and Compassion • Quality and Teamwork • Dignity and Respect • Openness, honesty and responsibility
NHS Borders, Headquarters, Education Centre, Borders General Hospital
Chief Executive’s Office
PA to the Director of Quality & Improvement
Permanent 22.5 hours per week
Closing Date Friday 14th April 2023
Shortlisted candidates will be advised on Tuesday, 18th April 2023
Interviews and testing will be held on Monday 1st May 2023
This permanent post is for the Director of Quality & Improvement and is based in the NHS Borders, Headquarters on the Borders General Hospital site.
This post is key to providing high quality confidential administrative and business support management to the Director of Quality & Improvement linking with the wider organisation, managing competing demands and undertaking a range of delegated projects for the Director.
Key tasks will include assisting with the prioritisation of the Director’s incoming workload; triaging emails and highlighting priorities; diary management; working collaboratively with other Board Executive Team PAs; proactively managing and actioning a broad range of complex tasks including ensuring relevant follow up action is taken; keeping track of daily actions and priorities for the Director and pre-empting their needs and deadlines; organising meetings, issuing agendas and papers, the production of formal minutes and action notes and follow up of actions between meetings; preparing a range of internal/external correspondence, papers and presentations in a timely and accurate manner.
Applicants should possess excellent communication and organisational skills together with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word, Powerpoint, Excel and O365.
Informal enquiries welcomed by Iris Bishop, Board Secretary Email: iris.bishop@borders.scot.nhs.uk or Tel: 01896 825525 and Laura Jones, Director of Quality & Improvement Email: laura.jones@borders.scot.nhs.uk
Please note: the salary quoted is for full-time hours (37.5 hrs per week). For appointments to part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rata.
**PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***