Practice and Quality Development Facilitator

Role description

Starting Salary: £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
Hospice Band: 6

37.5 hours per week - Permanent

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.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Fiona Cruickshank or Vicky Hill on 0131 551 1381

To apply please download the Application Form and Job Description below.

EMPLOYER: St Columba's Hospice Care is an independent Scottish Charity, SC003634, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).

ST COLUMBA'S SERVICE RELATED BENEFITS: Continuous employment at St Columba's counts towards the calculation of entitlement for all St Columba's service related benefits including annual leave allowance, occupational sick pay, maternity/paternity leave & pay etc.

An independent Scottish charity, St Columba's 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 refer to the vacancy pack for the role you are interested in.

St Columba's Hospice Care 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 want to ensure that as much of our resources as possible go towards supporting people with a terminal illness and therefore we do not normally contact unsuccessful applicants individually.  If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.  However, we would encourage you to apply for other suitable roles.  Thank you for your interest in this vacancy and in working for St. Columba’s Hospice.

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