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An exciting opportunity exists for National Improvement Advisors to support the delivery of National Urgent and Unscheduled Care Programme and lead improvement projects across health and social care systems in Scotland.
The Programme will aim to improve staff, patient and carer experience of Urgent and Unscheduled Care by working with local staff within the NHS to build capacity and capability in improvement methodologies to sustainably improve performance, patient safety and flow through the unscheduled care pathway.
The whole system improvement programme focuses on Six Essential Actions: Developing empowered, clinically focused management; a capacity management realignment process; a focus on patient management rather than bed management; establishing medical and surgical processes arranged for optimal care; 7 day services to support in hour, weekend and out of hours and, ultimately patients being cared for in their own home. The Redesign Urgent Care Programme aims to deliver the Right Care in the Right Place Every time
This is a high profile area of work that requires passionate and experienced individuals who will confidently lead, manage, develop and implement improvement projects leading to sustainable performance improvements across a whole health and social care system. If you like a challenge and are committed to delivering innovative and complex programs to a wide variety of stakeholders within the health and social care sector, then we want to hear from you. You will work as part of an expert team and have the opportunity to develop your skills in improvement science and service redesign at a national level across Health and Care, and learning from initiatives across the UK and internationally.
The successful candidate should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to secure clinical and operational engagement and drive safe, effective and person centred improvements in care. They will be able to demonstrable understanding of unscheduled care; an in depth understanding of improvement methodologies, with recognised expertise in improvement science and its practical application in a range of health and social care settings. The ability to work within a highly political agenda, manage to deadlines and respond to changing priorities is essential.
For information discussions, please contact Helen Maitland, National Director Unscheduled Care, on (Helen.Maitland@gov.scot)