NHSL 197790 Head of Service Primary Care in Edinburgh inEdinburgh PUBLISHED WED 8 JAN 2025 Jump to job information section

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.

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.

Lead the implementation of Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership’s (the Partnership) strategies in Primary Care and District Nursing services through management of NHS Lothian services and contract relationships with independent contractors including responsibility for budgets and ensuring all targets are achieved.

Lead the provision of primary care and district nursing services to ensure that the population of Edinburgh has access to general practice and receives high quality support and treatment in their communities and engage directly with other NHS services on the prevention of admission and the facilitation of early discharge from hospital.

Lead the development of strategy and the transformation and integration of primary care and district nursing services with a focus on improving quality and safety, prevention of harm and early intervention to reduce future demand on services.

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