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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Administrative/Project Support to join NHS Tayside Innovation.

NHS Tayside Innovation strives to be a leader in health innovation and digital healthcare, transforming the health and wellbeing of citizens across Tayside. NHS Tayside Innovation supports innovation that addresses key challenges to improve health, social care and service delivery, usually aligned with national or local strategic priorities. NHS Tayside Innovation is primarily involved with innovation activity that focuses on: development of ideas, testing and developing prototypes, evaluation of devices and processes in real life environments.

The post holder will provide a comprehensive and high standard of administrative and project support to members of NHS Tayside Innovation and the portfolio of projects. The post holder will be the first point of contact for communications with NHS Tayside Innovation and will be required to liaise with and respond to enquiries from a range of staff within NHS Tayside including clinical and managerial staff, as well as external agencies such as academia, industry partners and Scottish Government.

We are looking for someone with:

Enthusiasm and flexibility to adapt to the different projects that come into NHS Tayside Innovation.
Experience in an administrative role.
Excellent IT and communication skills.
The ability to work with multidisciplinary staff from different sectors and levels of seniority.

The ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, whilst prioritising their workload effectively.

You will be based in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee but will work flexibly, Monday to Friday, as required by the work and managers. You must be able to attend other sites within Tayside, and on occasion across Scotland as required.

For further information about this position please contact Kate Cheesbrough, Innovation Development Manager for NHS Tayside Innovation: kate.cheesbrough2@nhs.scot

Hours of work are: 26.7 hours per week. This post is for 12 months fixed term/secondment to cover maternity leave.

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.

Internal Applicants written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.

You will be required to achieve the mandatory induction standards for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland and to comply with the Code of Conduct throughout your employment.

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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