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National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national NHS Board operating right at the heart of NHSScotland providing invaluable support and advice at a strategic and operational level. Our aim is to deliver high quality services that help our customers save money and free up resources so they can be re-invested into essential services.
The Scottish Cancer Network (SCN) is a dedicated national resource to support and facilitate a ‘Once for Scotland’ approach to cancer services which will assist in enabling equitable access to care and treatment across Scotland.
Its main aims are to:
• Develop and operate a system for the production, review, and hosting of National Clinical Management Pathways
• Oversee and drive improvement of existing National Managed Clinical Networks and adopt similar national network approaches for other tumour sites that may benefit.
The Scottish Cancer Network works collaboratively with already established regional and national Cancer Networks to understand the processes and progress made around Clinical Management Guidelines and National Managed Clinical Networks. It also works to assist the networks in continuing to make the best use of clinical time, ensuring best care for patients wherever they are in Scotland.
This is a post developed to support and drive forward the work of cancer National Managed Clinical Networks as part of the Scottish Cancer Network where clinical consensus, ongoing improvement and equitable access are key founding principles.
Working with Network Clinical Leads and the relevant governance groups, the role will be key for actively managing several assigned national networks (anticipated to include the Mesothelioma Network and the Scottish Thyroid Cancer Network) at every stage of their journey from establishing and mainstreaming new networks, to ongoing support, performance management, and improvement initiatives at a national level.
As part of a newly established Scottish Cancer Network Team, the post holder will contribute to an exciting national change agenda, helping to shape and design collaborative working practices that will ensure maximum value from current and future networks.
We are looking for a dynamic manager with a passion for continuous improvement. You will bring experience of working across boundaries, connecting a wider range of stakeholders, and managing and facilitating change to improve services. Using data and analytics, you must have an ability to devise, implement and monitor a range of improvement initiatives. This may include developing business cases for investment.
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.
Due to our national response to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic and taking account of current restrictions, the post will be mainly home based, until further notice in line with Government guidelines. When this changes, the post can be based in Glasgow or Edinburgh (with an ongoing potential for hybrid working) and an expectation for some potential travel for national meetings.
We will consider flexible working arrangements so do contact us if you would like to discuss personal circumstance.
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Nicky Waters, National Programme Director, nicola.waters@nhs.scot
Further information on NSS is available from: https://www.nss.nhs.scot/
Closing date for completed applications is the 9th March 2022
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies”