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Job reference: 000641
Salary: Band 7 (£37,570 - £44,688)
Job closing date: 31/05/2019
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Edinburgh/Glasgow
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 16/05/2019
Employer (NHS Board): NHS National Services Scotland
Department: Facilities Services (Sub-Dept)

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NHS National Services Scotland (NSS), Procurement Commissioning and Facilities are looking for an experienced and qualified Programme Manager to meet current and emerging strategic goals of the Home Oxygen Service and to support patients and prescribers who use the service.

The Home Oxygen Service delivers a range of oxygen services and equipment to around 7000 patients in their homes and in homecare settings across Scotland. A Programme Manger is required to support the effective delivery of the service through the development and promotion of a number of key oxygen related projects and initiatives delivering strategic change, and promoting new ways of working.  

You should be a suitably qualified applicant with proven experience of programme and project management in a technical discipline and have experience of working in a front facing healthcare or homecare environment with significant experience of oxygen delivery systems.  Candidates should have excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.  Candidates should be confident, articulate and self motivated.   This post can be based in Glasgow, Edinburgh or Canderside, with frequent requirement to work throughout Scotland.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a PVG Scheme Disclosure Scotland check. Any candidate who has worked overseas for more than 3 months will also be required to provide a criminal record check from the appropriate overseas agency.

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.

For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Willie McGhee on 0131 275 6860.

Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org

Closing date for completed applications is Friday 31st May 2019.

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


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