Senior Health Information Scientist

Senior Health Information Scientist ()

Part‑Time: 28.8 Hours per Week (0.8 WTE)

12‑month Fixed Term Contract/Secondment

Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)

Location:
Edinburgh/Glasgow – Hybrid working will apply for the foreseeable future

We are seeking to appoint a motivated individual to the Healthcare Improvement Scotland Right Decision Service (RDS) team with extensive experience and expertise in evidence searching and summarising. The role will support evidence and evaluation work commissioned by Scottish Government to underpin the implementation of GP walk‑in services and related new models of care.

As a Senior Health Information Scientist, you will make an essential contribution to this service transformation and renewal initiative:

• Source evidence from international research, grey literature reports and lived experience reports from clinicians and patients to answer critical questions about effectiveness, cost‑effectiveness and implementation for healthcare walk‑in services.
• Support, advise and train other research and information colleagues in evidence search and summarising skills.
• Summarise evidence clearly and concisely for busy decision‑makers at Scottish Government policy level, clinicians, service managers and improvement and research teams.
• Provide evidence to inform and shape evaluation and monitoring methodology, e.g. by defining relationships between activities and outcomes at different levels of impact.
• Package evidence into decision‑ready, actionable formats – including engaging, user‑centred digital tools – to support decisions and actions when needed.
• Advise on and support knowledge mobilisation approaches to facilitate translation of evidence from research, lived experience and evaluation into practice and policy both within this work programme and in related service renewal initiatives.

Hold a Postgraduate Masters qualification in a library, information or knowledge management‑related discipline, or demonstrate an equivalent of experience. You should have experience and expertise in methodology for sourcing and summarising evidence, communicating and analysing complex information to practice and policy stakeholders, creative problem‑solving, knowledge mobilisation, and digital design and delivery of evidence in actionable formats.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s Evidence and Digital Directorate develops and disseminates evidence‑based advice for NHS Scotland, including clinical guidelines, health technology assessment, evidence development, research, health economics, knowledge mobilisation and decision support.

The Right Decision Service is a digital platform that brings evidence to the fingertips of clinicians and citizens, empowering consistent, safe, person‑centred care decisions. Its mission is to provide a national source of digital tools that enable health and care staff and citizens to make safe decisions quickly on the go, based on validated evidence. These decision support tools are accessible via web and mobile apps, integration into electronic care systems and other national digital services such as MyCare.scot.

To discuss this post, contact Dr Ann Wales, Programme Lead, Knowledge and Decision Support, ann.wales3t.

Closing Date:
Midnight on Sunday 12th July 2026