About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

Working with the Adult Mental Health Inpatient Wards & Adult CMHTs to lead the development and delivery of improvement programmes to support service transformation through delivery of a range of high impact changes with a specific focus on implementation of the Adult Core Mental Health Standards.

This post will provide an exciting opportunity to lead the implementation of the Adult Mental Health Core Standards across NHS Lanarkshire Adult mental Health Services. The focus of the post holder will be to manage and lead the design and implementation of the Standrads alongside continuing to develop/review existing service provision. The role includes delivering internal and external reports on progression of services, linking with Senior managers across different departments within NLHSCP, Scottish Government and Health Improvement Scotland. The post holder will link directly with the Service Manager and Clinical Leads for Adult Mental Health Services.

The post holder will be a source of encouragement and motivation within the team and act as a role model by representing the values and beliefs of the organisation.

The post holder will require influencing/ negotiating skills when working within the leadership capacity and they will actively participate in a range of meetings that support effective communications.

Please note this is a fixed term post for 18 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In this key role, you will:

• Present complex and contentious information about service and individual performance and outcomes in a sensitive way, leading positive challenge to staff to encourage change.
• To play an active part in the implementation phase of redesign and reconfiguration of services, including closer collaboration between primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, the voluntary sector, education, and social work.
• Ensure that local teams have the capability and capacity to deliver the required outcomes and are enabled to make significant and sustainable changes through sharing improvement skills and learning.
• Enlist and gain the cooperation of the diverse groups of staff involved in local services to ensure successful delivery of transformation programmes. The ability to negotiate and influence are key skills required to facilitate service change.

What You'll Bring:

• Significant experience and knowledge of health service management, including change management and service/workforce redesign acquired through training and experience
• Experience of managing clinical and organisational challenges
• Ability to handle complex work without supervision

From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part-time working hours will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Tracy Coyle, Service Manager on tracy.coyle@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Jessica Murphy, Recruitment Administrator on jessica.murphy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.