204021 Assistant Service Manager - Maternity and Neonatal Services

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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Assistant Service ManagerGRADE: BAND 7BASE: ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGHHOURS: 37 PER WEEKCONTRACT DURATION: Fixed Term – 12 Months

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This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

An opportunity has arisen for a fixed term Assistant Service Manager post within Women’s Services, in NHS Lothian.

NHS Lothian serves a population of approximately 800,000 people within Edinburgh and the Lothians as well as providing regional and national tertiary services.

Women’s Services includes Hospital and Community based Maternity Services, Neonatology, Gynaecology, Gynaecology Oncology and the Edinburgh Fertility Centre. Services are delivered from all adult acute hospital sites in Lothian, as well as throughout the community.

We are seeking a highly motivated, capable and suitably experienced individual to work as an Assistant Service Manager for Maternity and Neonatal Services.

You will be required to work as a key member of the management team, providing day to day operational management, waiting times management and service delivery. The post holder will be supported by a team of staff including a Directorate Assistant, and will have responsibility for the provision of appropriate and effective administrative support across all service areas.

You will lead on existing programmes of work, quality improvement initiatives plus specific projects to improve service delivery across Women’s Services.

Key to the success of the post will be excellent communication skills, the use of robust data to support change and a keenness and ability to work well with others.

Working in a challenging and delivery focussed environment, you will demonstrate the ability to work on your own as well as in a team setting. Your work base is Royal Infirmary od Edinburgh and there is a requirement to travel to other sites, predominantly St John's Hospital.

Informal enquiries should be made to:Garry Luke, Service Manager – 07977483786Anne Milburn, General Manager – 0131 312 0732

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.