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Senior Programme Advisor (Ref: 107660)
Healthcare Staffing Programme (HSP)
Fixed-Term/Secondment until 31 March 2023
£50,965 - £55,016 (Band 8A)
Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) but part-time may also be available (minimum 18.75 hours per week)
Edinburgh/Glasgow – Hybrid working will apply for the foreseeable future
An exciting opportunity exists for enthusiastic and positive individuals to be part of the delivery of an innovative programme to support the work of the NMAHP Directorate within Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a national programme to deliver the Health & Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019; ensuring that at all times, suitably qualified and competent individuals from such a range of professional disciplines as necessary, are working in such numbers as are appropriate for the health, wellbeing and safety of patients or service users, and the provision of high-quality health care for individuals across Scotland.
As an experienced Senior Programme Advisor you will provide NHS Boards with expert professional advice in workload and workforce planning. In addition, you will lead on the development and maintenance of the workload and workforce planning tools and support their application across NHS Scotland. These tools are an essential element of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019.
The initial priority within this role will be working with NES to develop nationally available educational resources and to focus on delivery of training.
You will be a registered healthcare professional (with appropriate professional body) with senior management and leadership experience in the NHS, Educated to Masters Level or equivalent experience, you will have expert knowledge of workload and workforce planning tools and methodology. Knowledge and skills in Quality Improvement methodology would be desirable.
Regular travel throughout Scotland may also be required for this role (including overnight stays).
For informal enquiries please contact: Lesley Macfarlane - 07972 862644 / lesley.macfarlane@nhs.scot
Closing date: Midnight on 1 July 2022
Interviews are anticipated to be held on 29 July 2022 via MS-Teams.