Organisational Lead

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.

Organisational Lead

2 posts available:
1 full time post – 37.5 hours per week – Immunisation
1 part time post – 18.75 hours per week – Screening

About the Organisation:

Public Health Scotland is Scotland’s lead national agency for improving and protecting the health and wellbeing of all of Scotland’s people. Our vision is of a Scotland where everybody thrives. Our focus is on increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing
premature mortality. To do this, we use data, intelligence and a place-based approach to lead and deliver Scotland’s public health priorities.

The Post:

The role of the Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate is to protect the people of Scotland from infectious and environmental hazards; enable high-quality clinical and public health knowledge, research and innovation; and change clinical and public health practice by using audits at a national and local level.

The Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and dynamic Organisational Leads, who will provide leadership to our national immunisation and screening programmes, with a focus on confidence, informed consent and equity.

The Candidate:

This role requires demonstrable leadership and management abilities to control the resources, budget and staffing required to deliver the objectives of the programme area. We are seeking a candidate with strong communication and interpersonal skills who has the ability to lead the development and delivery of multifaceted work designed to reduce health inequalities and improve population health in relation to programme area. The successful applicant will demonstrate a record of success in planning, operational delivery and partnership working with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

There is currently a 1 WTE post (37.5 hours per week) for immunisation and 0.5 WTE post to be filled (18.75 hours per week) for screening, should additional vacancies occur within 6 months, candidates who were not successful at this time, but appointable at interview, may be contacted within this time period to be offered a post.

Location and Working Pattern:

The post is based in either Gyle Square, Edinburgh or Meridian Court, Glasgow. Public Health Scotland operate a hybrid model, working both at home and in the office.

There will be an expectation to travel to local areas for some meetings and events.

Salary placement will start at the bottom point of the scale unless individuals have previous NHS experience.
During times of public health emergency, or other urgent business need, you may be required on a temporary basis to work your normal contracted working hours over 7 days including weekends, in order to meet the needs of the service.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PHS.

Benefits:

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.

Further Information:

For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Kerry McKenzie on kerry.mckenzie2@phs.scot

Closing date for completed applications is 28 June 2023.

Interviews will likely be held week of 10 July 2023.

Further information on PHS is available from: www.publichealthscotland.scot

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

Public Health Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as such guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies