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Job Overview
Accountable to the Service Director for the strategic leadership and operational delivery of acute and community based children’s services within the W&C Directorate, ensuring safe delivery of patient care and services in accordance with NHS Lothian agreed corporate objectives. This includes focusing on delivery of scheduled and unscheduled care and working to established access and treatment time standards.
Key Responsibilities
Support the achievement of NHS Lothian targets and objectives by developing key relationships to enable collaborative working with internal and external partners, ensuring a cohesive approach to patient care and then appropriate and timely discharge.
Contribute to the Senior Management Team across W&C providing leadership and visibility and supporting the planned and unplanned workflows associated with running both acute and community based services.
Act as the deputy for the Service Director in all aspects of scheduled and unscheduled care within children’s services, leading discussions and decision making at director level.
Contact
If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Aris Tyrothoulakis on 0131 312 0743 or at Aris.Tyrothoulakis@nhs.scot.
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