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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated, passionate and experienced senior nurse/midwife to lead the Excellence in Care programme across NHS Fife and the Health & Social Care Partnership.
Excellence in Care is a national care assurance programme designed to support the implementation of a Quality Management System by ensuring high quality, safe and effective person-centred care is delivered to the people of Fife. As the Excellence in Care Lead, you will be pivotal to operationalising the Scottish Governments objectives through collaboration with services across Fife to influence and drive quality assurance and promote a culture of learning where the workforce can flourish in their roles. You will be an instrumental member of groups to drive improvement activity and support the creation and implementation of leadership resources that align to Excellence in Care.
You will work with the Scottish Government, National Services Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland and the Director of Nursing, Corporate along with the Excellence in Care local and national teams to support the implementation of Excellence in Care. Furthermore, you will provide a key link between the local delivery of the programmes, the NHS Board, and national reporting.
Key components of the role also include.
✔ Leading the implementation and ongoing development of the Leading Excellence in Care Education and Development Framework within NHS Fife and the HSCP.
✔ Utilising data-driven approaches to assess and improve care quality and provide assurance.
✔ Develop and encourage quality improvement initiatives to enhance person centred outcomes and staff experience.
✔ Provide expert guidance, education, coaching and mentorship to teams to support best practices.
✔ Work in partnership with senior leaders, clinicians, and care professionals to embed a culture of continuous improvement and assurance.
This role requires a dynamic, confident nurse leader who can shape nursing and midwifery by utilising excellent leadership, influencing and motivational skills as well as generating new ideas that will support and drive forward the Corporate Nursing Strategy.
For informal enquiries please contact Shirley Cowie, Clinical Lead, Excellence in Care, HIS: shirley.cowie@nhs.scot or Mairi Mckinley, Head of Practice and Professional Development, mairi.mckinley@nhs.scot
Interviews will take place on 10th June 2025
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity –
Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub • Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.
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.