Director of Nursing and Care

NHS 24 is the national provider of digital and telephone-based health and care services for Scotland. The Board provides people with access to information, care and advice through multiple channels including telephone, web and online and is rapidly moving to omni-channel delivery.

Our new Director of Nursing and Care will –

• Provide professional clinical leadership to all NHS 24 Nurses providing care to the public, and to assure the highest standards of clinical practice and care are enabled by robust systems of education, training, professional development, and support
• As an NHS 24 Board and Executive Team member, to fully contribute to and participate in the governance, strategic development, and corporate management of NHS 24. To provide professional clinical leadership, expertise and advice to the Board and the Executive Team.
• Work in partnership with the Medical Director for the delivery of effective Clinical and Care Governance disciplines, systems, and processes within NHS 24
• Be NHS 24 Executive Lead for Healthcare Staffing
• Provide clinical leadership for the delivery of safe, effective and person-centered services across NHS 24, including digital services
• Be a national leader, advocate, and innovator in the field of in the field of technology enabled healthcare

You will be  a registered nurse with the NMC with a high level of technical, professional, leadership and managerial knowledge and qualified to master’s level or with equivalent experience. Extensive experience at the highest professional leadership level/significant senior nursing leadership/management in the NHS or previous experience at a senior level within a health-related environment is essential.

The job requires an individual who can establish and maintain a high level of credibility with the Directors and senior managers with whom they interact with across the NHS in Scotland. The post therefore requires mature levels of professional and managerial knowledge reflected by the following:

• Demonstrable leadership skills, particularly influencing and inter-personal skills
• Experience in contributing substantively to discussions at Board and Executive Team level
• A track record of leading effective and innovative service delivery
• Proven organisational and change management capability

Nursing and Care having recently commenced an organisational change to restructure, meaning it is an exciting time to join NHS 24 as they embark upon two ambitious programmes of work to develop an enterprise digital infrastructure and service transformation.  This role will be instrumental in progressing both areas through sharing of clinical expertise.

All this work will be aligned to our Corporate Strategy 2023 – 2028, and in turn, is reflected in our refreshed Workforce Action Plan to delivery our Workforce Strategy 2022 – 2025.  

For more information on how to apply please follow this link - https://www.edenscott.com/job/director-of-nursing-and-care-nhs-24