139711 Project Support Manager Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
This post is fixed term for 12 months
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.
Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.
NHS Lothian covers Edinburgh city, East Lothian, Midlothian, and West Lothian. We are the second largest health system in NHS Scotland and one of only four teaching Boards. We have strategic partnerships with local Universities, Local Authorities and our four Integration Joint Boards. We serve a population of 900,000, providing a range of primary, community based and acute hospital services. We also provide regional and national services across a range of clinical specialties.
The vision for the Pharmacy & Medicines Service is to deliver clinically led, person-centred services to ensure patients across Lothian get the best from their medicines and pharmacy services. We are focussed on creating an environment where each person in the team has the opportunity to flourish, develop and make best use of their skills.
This is an exciting fixed-term opportunity for an experienced Project Support Manager to work in a team responsible for the delivery of a variety of service priority projects.
Priority projects include:
- Service Remobilisation – Pandemic Response to Recovery and Renewal
- Integrated Clinical Pharmacy
- Aseptic Services Transformation
- Recruitment/Skills Mix
- Staff Wellbeing
- Service Communications
Reporting to the Project Manager and working closely with the pharmacy leadership team, this post will provide project management support to achieve the delivery of service objectives across the whole of NHS Lothian Pharmacy and Medicine Service.
With strong interpersonal and communication skills you will require to evidence experience of project management support in a healthcare or equivalent complex environment and will have the ability to inspire confidence and respect to deliver in a clinically sensitive and demanding environment.
Applicants should have a degree in a business-related subject plus demonstrable experience in project management.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Fiona Parkinson by email: [email protected]
