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Portfolio Lead – Acute Care (041075)
£59,539 - £64,095 (Band 8B)
Permanent
Edinburgh/Glasgow
New Year, New Role?
If being part of team supporting improvement across Health and Social care in Scotland interests you, then read on.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s, Improvement Hub (ihub) is seeking to recruit an experienced improver to develop and lead an exciting range of national programmes focused on improving the quality and safety for people in acute care .
The ihub provides support for Health and Social Care services to redesign and continuously improve. With an extensive range of improvement support programmes and collaborations with local, national and international networks, we aspire to be at the leading edge of both thinking and practice in quality improvement (QI).
The Portfolio Lead role is central to enabling this to happen. Providing senior leadership and expert QI knowledge the Acute Care Portfolio Lead will oversee the scoping, design and delivery of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP) Acute Adult and Value Management Collaborative alongside a range of cross cutting work within the ihub and HIS including Frailty, Older People and Safety
Educated to degree level and holding a masters in quality improvement (or equivalent knowledge and experience), we are looking for an engaging, authentic leader with a track record of building effective relationships at a senior level across a wide range of sectors.
So if you are passionate about improving the outcomes and experiences of people within acute settings, thrive within emergent and complex environments and want to work within a team that is leading improvements at a local, national and international level we want to hear from you.
If you require any further information or would like an informal chat about the post please contact Joanne Matthews (joanne.matthews1@nhs.scot) or call 07798667781.
To find out more about our work please visit www.ihub.scot.
Closing date: 28th January at 12 noon.
Interviews will be held on 10th February 2021.
As part of the recruitment process you will be asked to undertake a management exercise and also to deliver a short presentation on a subject related to the role. Details of the presentation will be shared with those candidates shortlisted for interview ahead of the interview, with details on the management exercise shared at the interview.