Clinical Service Manager Children’s Services

Responsibilities

Responsible for the performance management of Emergency, Acute and General Medicine and Medicine Specialities, outpatients and Community Paediatric Services.

To ensure resources are maximised and delivered within budget to meet the Directorate’s statutory targets and objectives including leading on national contracts and delivering efficiencies.

To manage the delivery of scheduled care waiting times through interpretation of complex data.

Responsible for the operational management of all service management and administrative services and staff across Emergency, Acute and General Medicine and Medicine Specialities, outpatients and Community Paediatric Services.

Work with Children’s services operating across the South East region, senior colleagues in other health boards, NHSS and health boards across the UK in the design and redesign of safe, effective, timely scheduled and unscheduled care services.

Contributing to strategic planning, lead, manage and direct redesign projects associated with acute and community children’s services Pan Lothian, as well as regional and national Children’s Services e.g. leading on Children’s Services NSD contracts. Negotiate and influence senior management and clinical colleagues through change management process and service redesign.

Accountable to the General Manager for the management and control of a portfolio of services to achieve business performance objectives within quality standards.

Responsible for provision of operational support to the General Manager in the efficient and effective delivery of financial efficiencies.

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.

Please note:

we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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.

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. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

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.

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: .

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 sarah.archibaldt OR aris.tyrothoulakist

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. Please note that the pay scale in this advert will not be changing as a result.