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Secondment until 31st March 2023
National Post – ACC Clinical Hub
AfC Band 8a plus on-call
The Scottish Ambulance Service responds to around 1.8 million calls for emergency and non-emergency assistance each year and attends nearly 700,000 emergency and unscheduled incidents of which over 500,000 are emergencies. We transfer around 90,000 patients between hospitals each year and respond to over 150,000 urgent requests for admission, transfer and discharge from GPs and hospitals.
Our air ambulance service undertakes around 3,500 missions every year and we co-ordinate delivery of the ScotSTAR Specialist Transfer and Retrieval Service which transfers 2,300 of the most seriously ill patients to specialised treatment centres across Scotland. Our Patient Transport Service takes over 1.1 million patients to and from scheduled hospital appointments each year.
We are seeking to recruit a forward thinking, outcome driven, improvement focused leader with patient care, staff welfare, quality and clinical safety at the forefront of their mind, to take on the role of Clinical Hub Manager (AP’s) to align Remote Consultation process and working practice within the ACC and regions.
The AP Clinical Hub Manager will be responsible for leading, developing and delivering the Remote Consultation and Workforce Planning elements of the AP rotation in order to improve and maintain the framework for clinically safe triage within the ACC with a focus on alternative pathways and non-ambulance response. The role will work alongside existing AP and Clinical leads to develop new urgent care services specifically dedicated to remote consultation and lead the planning and delivery of future models of service based on national best practice. This role will work collaboratively with the ACC Clinical Hub management team, with ACC senior managers and key SAS stakeholders, such as the SAS Clinical Directorate, primary care and NHS24.
The ideal candidate will possess extensive line management experience in a critical decision-making environment, preferably with significant previous experience within a clinical setting. They will possess excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills with ability to analyse data, make evidence-based decisions and deliver patient focussed performance improvement. Experience within an ambulance or health care control environment would be advantageous.
Reporting to the National Directorate Clinical Quality Lead, the post will be based at one of the three ACC sites, with travel across Scotland as required.
Informal enquiries may be made to Steph Jones, National Directorate Clinical Quality Lead on 07970 334474 or Stephanie.Jones@nhs.scot