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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a new Deputy Director of Nursing and Care to join NHS 24.
The purpose of this role is to provide professional clinical leadership to all NHS 24 Nurses and frontline staff providing care to the public, and to assure the highest standards of clinical practice and care are enabled by robust systems of education, training, professional development, and workforce planning support.
NHS 24 is the national contact centre organisation for NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing a range of telehealth services to people across Scotland. NHS 24 also supports and facilitates developments in telehealth and telecare to improve the health and wellbeing of the population. Delivery of safe, effective and person centred care to the people of Scotland is the absolute priority for NHS 24.Our services are delivered across a range of channels including telephone, online, web chat, text, email and social media, on a 'Once for Scotland' basis to complement the face to face delivery of NHS Scotland's health and care services. Our strategy is aligned with the Scottish Government's 2020 vision for health and social care.
The role is to provide professional clinical leadership into the design, development and delivery of NHS 24 telehealth and telecare services, and into the underpinning governance, management and planning processes.
Full details of this vacancy are available within the job pack.