202506 - General Manager (AJM)

Accountable to the REAS Services Director for the effective direct delivery, performance, and governance of a wide range of national, regional and Lothian wide specialist services, including the direct operational management and strategic planning of the agreed services and their resources, ensuring resources are maximised to meet the Directorates targets and objectives, within the allocated budget.   

The post holder is responsible for establishing effective partnership working and contract negotiations with national, regional NHS and non-NHS related agencies where there is a requirement for health service provision to be delivered for the complex needs of the populations served by those agencies and services, including:   
 
    Scottish Prison Service Prison Healthcare (the post holder is NHS Lothian Board lead for Prison Healthcare) 
    Sudexo Justice Services, Prison Healthcare Addiewell 
    5 Nations Health and Justice Committee  
    Police Scotland Custody Healthcare on behalf of four health boards. NHS Forth Valley, Fife and Borders Custody Healthcare 
    National Forensic Network  
 
The post holder represents NHS Lothian on several specialist service Regional Planning Groups and is responsible for ensuring Service Level Agreements, Memorandums of Understanding and Collaborative Service Delivery Agreements are negotiated in accordance with the service needs of NHS Lothian and each NHS Board / agency and are operationally delivered to the required standards of safety, effectiveness and efficiency.  
 
As a member of REAS SMT support the Adult and Older Peoples mental Health services and Learning Disabilities Service. Providing cross cover for the General Manager in that area.  
 
 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 McKigen, Services Director - REAS on Tracey.McKigen@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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. 

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board. 

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.