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Practice and Quality Development Facilitator

Hospice Band: 6

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Starting Salary: Step1 £44,273 WTE pro rata per annum (based on 37.5 hours per week) (rising to Step 2 £ 48,636 WTE following satisfactory performance review) + Pension + Benefits

St Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families.

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced health or social care professional to join our team.

As the Practice and Quality Development Facilitator, you will have responsibility for leading and supporting a wide range of projects and activities ensuring that staff are supported to deliver the highest standard of care across our Inpatient, Hospice at Home, and patient and family support services. 

The ideal applicant will be an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a proven track record of leading clinical initiatives, confident in delivering education and training, and experience in successfully implementing change in a healthcare setting. You should have excellent organisational, and communication and be able to act as a positive role model.  

You should be able to recognise and balance the need for support and challenge, facilitate critical reflection, and be able to support the development of the hospice team. You will be committed to the ongoing support of our learning and development, quality improvement vision day to day in line with strategic aims. 

TO APPLY:

For more information including an application form and job description, click the 'Apply' button above to visit our Hospice website. We welcome enquiries about our vacancies. For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Fiona Cruickshank or Vicky Hill, using the contact details on our website.

MORE INFORMATION:

This post requires the post holder to have a criminal records check at a PVG scheme record update level. An application will be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. A joint application will be made which the Hospice will pay for.

St Columba's Hospice Care is an independent Scottish Charity, SC003634, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR). Scotland’s first modern hospice, it first opened its doors in 1977. Over the years it has grown and evolved into an exemplary provider of specialist palliative care for thousands of people with life-limiting illnesses in Edinburgh and the Lothians annually, while also providing support to their relatives and loved ones. 

The Hospice offers competitive rates of pay, generous pension contributions, annual leave allowance and occupational sick pay entitlements that increase with length of service at St Columba's Hospice, and a supportive and rewarding place to work, with our own on-site education and research team - we're an Investor in People organisation! For a full summary of terms and conditions of employment please click on to our website using the Apply refer to the vacancy pack for the role you are interested in.