Job Advert
Please note that NHS National Services Scotland is advertising this post on behalf of Social Security Scotland
Location: Glasgow or Dundee
Hours of work: Around 37 hours per week. As we appreciate that not all applicants can commit to a 37 hour working pattern we are considerate of all working pattern requests
Salary: £64,698 - £74,675. 37 Hours Per Week | Monday - Friday (No weekends, nights or shift work)
Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government set up to deliver devolved and new benefits. We deliver Social Security with dignity, fairness and respect to people from all walks of life including carers, young people and people on low incomes.
We currently have an excellent opportunity for a Professional Advisor & Governance Lead to join our team. Reporting to the Head of Operations (Health & Social Care), providing support to the Chief Officer (Health & Social Care Operations) and other team members on all professional matters. The Professional Advisor & Governance Lead will provide expert professional leadership and ensure effective health & social care governance in addition to providing advice on all aspects of practice including children, adult, mental health, learning disability and older people.
This is an exciting time of expansion for our organisation and as such the successful candidate for this role will be enthusiastic and forward thinking. We are looking for someone who is able to demonstrate highly effective communication skills and an ability to liaise with individuals at all levels of the organisation and ensure robust systems and processes are in place.
Benefits
- This is a permanent and pensionable appointment. Health professional staff providing health assessments and medical opinion in relation to the administration of disability benefits, and who are existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme, will be permitted continued access to the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Professional membership registration costs paid by Social Security Scotland.
- 25 days’ holiday plus 11.5 public and privilege Flexible working which will require a mixture of office based and remote working
Essential criteria and how to apply
- Relevant professional qualifications and registration with NMC/HCPC
- Evidence of expert professional leadership, ensuring effective health & social care governance.
- Ability to develop, implement and continuously review professional assurance and monitoring frameworks and set targets for improvement for senior practitioners and learning & development leads.
- Experience of promoting systemic improvements in the delivery of a range of high quality, safe and effective services.
- Experience of providing critical professional input to workforce planning forum and workforce plan including the recruitment and retention of practitioners.
To apply and for further information please visit Scottish Government (work-for-scotland.org)