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.

The post requires the post holder to manage one or more IM&T project(s). The post-holder has overall responsibility and accountability for the financial, operational, people management and customer relationship aspects of project(s). These projects themselves are often conceptualised and initiated by or in consultation with the post-holder, and address highly complex and often sensitive information processing problems.

As a senior member of the departmental management team, the post-holder manages the conceptualisation, development, implementation and maintenance of projects, processes and applications that are aligned to and support wider organisational strategy. The post is highly collaborative in nature and involves communication and negotiation with technical and non-technical experts and managers internally and externally. As such, the post-holder must have highly specialised knowledge in either IT or business related areas, with knowledge that will have been accumulated over several years and/ supported by formal qualifications, training and experience.

The post-holder will provide leadership, advice, support and guidance to multi-disciplinary teams and all other stakeholders.

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.

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 tracey.mckinley@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk