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Are you enthusiastic and interested in making a contribution to health care here in the Scottish Borders then this is the opportunity for you.
An opportunity has arisen for someone who is results driven, ambitious, outgoing, eager to learn and confident to join the NHS Borders Clinical Governance and Quality team as a Clinical Information Officer.
About us:
The Clinical Governance and Quality function is an NHS Borders wide support service based within the Borders General Hospital. The function has a responsibility for leading and supporting a range of quality improvement activities centred on the delivery of safe, effective and person centred care.
What you will be doing:
- Providing support to a number of local and national clinical audits, including the South East Scotland Cancer Network (SCAN) tumour specific groups audit (Lung Cancer, Colorectal Cancer and Urology Cancers).
- Collect, analyse and report data to measure services and improvement against national, regional and local standards and targets.
- Supporting clinical teams in the use of clinical information to enable and inform continuous quality improvement activities.
- Support research and innovation activity across NS Borders.
What you will get from us:
- Fixed Term 12 month Contract for working 37.5 hours per week. (Maternity Cover)
- 27 day’s paid holiday per year with an additional 8 Public Holidays.
- Access to the Scottish Public sector pension scheme,
- A comprehensive range of work life balance policies,
- Access to an employee Work and Well Being Services,
- Discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.
You need to:
- Have a degree level qualification or evidence of equivalent experience or ability.
- Have excellent computer skills in particular spread sheets and databases.
- Demonstrate first class analytical, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- Have an exceptional level of attention to detail.
- Interrogate multiple data sources and collate information.
- Possess the ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion with sensitive information.
- Demonstrate pro-activeness and initiative and the ability to continually seek out ways to improve processes and procedures and share ideas.
- Have the ability to work towards tight deadlines.
- Be able to work from Borders General Hospital as the requirements of the post are unable to be carried out remotely.
Interested?
If you’d like to have an informal chat about this position, feel free to contact Justin or Leanne:
Justin Wilson, Quality Improvement Facilitator – Clinical Effectiveness, can be contacted on 01896 826716 (justin.wilson@borders.scot.nhs.uk) or
Leanne Robinson, Clinical Information Officer, can be contacted on 01896 826071 (leanne.robinson@borders.scot.nhs.uk)
What to do next:
If this is the role for you then follow the link to apply. You must ensure that your supporting statement in your application is comprehensive and informative. You must also ensure that you complete the details in regards to two referees who must be contactable to ensure timely on boarding.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***