Service Manager

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.

Service Manager – 3 posts

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 Posts:

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 3 highly motivated and dynamic Service Managers to implement the strategic direction and policy of C&PH Directorate to ensure it is in line with PHS strategy. The roles will be required to lead on programmes and service areas which are current PHS priorities but post-holders will be expected to work flexibly across programme areas if business need changes.

The Candidate:

These roles require demonstrable leadership and management abilities to control the resources, budget and staffing required to deliver the objectives of the service/programme area. We are seeking candidates with strong communication and interpersonal skills who have the ability to manage change and can demonstrate evidence of managing multidisciplinary teams. The successful applicants will demonstrate a record of success in planning, operational delivery and partnership working with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

There are currently 3 posts to be filled, 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 will be based in Glasgow or Edinburgh. PHS operate a hybrid working model with a mixture of working at home and days in the office each week.

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

This is a full time Monday to Friday permanent post at 37.5 hours per week.

This post will be included in the out of hours rota and will be recompensed under Agenda for Change terms and conditions.

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 or Fiona Mackenzie on Fiona.mackenzie13@phs.scot

Closing date for completed applications is 19 May 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