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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.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
NHS Lothian’s Public Health Directorate is seeking a Screening and Early Detection Strategic Programme Manager (Band 8a) to work closely with primary and secondary care, National Services Division, local authority, third sector and health and social care partnerships to manage the Screening and Early Detection Service within NHS Lothian. The postholder will be responsible for leading and managing, the screening programme pathways alongside leading on work to address screening inequalities and improve health inequality outcomes. The postholder will work closely with the Screening and Early Detection Consultants in Public Health and manage a team of public health staff. We have a consultant led screening team aligned to each of our screening programmes; Breast, Bowel and Cervical Cancer Screening and Detect Cancer Early Programme and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Diabetic Eye and Pregnancy and Newborn Screening. Our screening team model offers a team working approach with resilience across all screening programmes and cross programme working to ensure synergies can be gained in delivering inequalities based interventions.
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with strong communication skills, an in-depth understanding of inequalities in health and screening programmes, and a significant proven track record in the field of Public Health or health improvement and partnership working. Previous experience in screening would be valuable. The ability to work flexibly and from various locations throughout Lothian are also essential.
NHS Lothian is a £1.6bn organisation and covers the City of Edinburgh, West Lothian, East Lothian and Midlothian local authorities and serves a population of 800,000. The Department of Public Health and Health Policy aims to improve and protect the health of the people in Lothian as part of a whole system approach to public health in Scotland.
The department is organised around Population Health, Health Care Public Health and Health Protection. The post-holder will join the Screening and Early Detection Team within the Health Care Public Health division.
There is a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary public health reflected in the range of staff within the department.
For further information please contact rosemary.millar@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk