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PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN INTERNAL VACANCY ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT NHS SCOTLAND STAFF
Scheduling Team Leader (Inpatients)
Location: NHS Borders
Salary: Band 5
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Are you highly organised, and passionate about improving patient care? NHS Borders is seeking a Scheduling Team Leader to lead our Inpatient Central Booking team and ensure delivery of national waiting time targets across Acute Services.
What you’ll do:
* Manage and lead the inpatient scheduling team.
* Develop and implement plans to achieve waiting time targets (TTG, 18 Weeks, Cancer).
* Identify capacity gaps and coordinate additional theatre sessions to prevent breaches.
* Optimise theatre utilisation and patient flow across services.
* Produce reports and contribute to service redesign projects.
What we’re looking for:
* Degree-level education or minimum two years equivalent relevant experience.
* Strong knowledge of waiting list management and policies including waiting time guidance.
* Proven leadership and staff management experience.
* Advanced MS Office, Trak and Nexus skills.
* Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
Desirable:
* Experience with demand and capacity modelling.
* Full driving licence.
Join us and play a key role in improving patient access and service efficiency across NHS Borders.
For enquiries contact Sophie Gillians, Clinical Service Manager Sophie.gillians@nhs.scot
As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy once a sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, please ensure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.-
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes .
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here .
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here .
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form
**PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early**
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.