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Data and Measurement Advisor (Ref: 156177)
Healthcare Staffing Programme (HSP)
Fixed Term Post until March 2024
Full time (37.5 hours per week)
£46,224 to £53,789 (Band 7)
Edinburgh/Glasgow - Hybrid working will apply for the foreseeable future.
An opportunity has arisen to join the Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP) Directorate within Healthcare Improvement Scotland. This expert analyst post is located within the Healthcare Staffing Programme team whilst working closely with Scottish Government and the Chief Nursing Officers Department (CNOD). The post holder will be responsible for providing expert data analysis and measurement advice and expertise predominantly supporting the review and development of workload and workforce planning tools, templates and methodologies.
The Healthcare Staffing Programme exists to support Boards to improve their workload and workforce planning, to help ensure they have the right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time. The team is spread across Scotland and is focused on supporting improved workforce planning and real time staffing in the post COVID period as part of readiness for the implementation of The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019.
The successful candidate should have an understanding of data and how it can be used to inform quality assurance and improvement work. They should be able to work on their own initiative, manage and prioritise a busy work schedule and demonstrate the ability to capture, analyse, interpret and present complex data in a way which enables ease of use and understanding by a range of audiences. They should have advanced Microsoft Excel experience and a working knowledge of statistics. It is essential that you also have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
For further information about this post please contact Martin McKelvie, Information Systems Consultant, HSP – 07773115019 or Martin.McKelvie@nhs.scot
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key support role in our organisation to continually improve health and social care across Scotland.
Closing Date: Sunday 23rd July 2023 at midnight.
It is anticipated that interviews will be held
on Wednesday 16th August 2023 via MS Teams.