Working at Healthcare Improvement Scotland

We are Healthcare Improvement Scotland, an organisation with many parts and one purpose - better quality health and social care for everyone in Scotland.

We have five key priorities.

These are areas where we believe we can make the most impact and where we focus our efforts and resources.

• Enabling people to make informed decisions about their care and treatment.
• Helping health and social care organisations to redesign and continuously improve services.
• Provide evidence and share knowledge that enables people to get the best out of the services they use and helps services improve.
• Provide quality assurance that gives people confidence in the services and supports providers to improve.
• Making the best use of resources, we aim to ensure every pound invested in our work adds value to the care people receive.

Our broad work programme supports health and social care services to improve.

This includes the regulation of independent hospitals and clinics along with the following key parts of our organisation which have specific roles:

Healthcare Environment Inspectorate

Helps reduce the risk of healthcare associated infection to patients by inspecting hospitals in Scotland to ensure they are safe and clean.

The ihub

Helps health and social care providers design and deliver better services for the people of Scotland.

Scottish Health Council

Supports NHS boards and health and social care providers to involve patients and the public in the development of services.

Scottish Health Technologies Group

Provides advice on the clinical and cost effectiveness of healthcare technologies that are likely to have significant implications for patient care in Scotland.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

Develops evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for NHSScotland.

Scottish Medicines Consortium

Accepts for use those newly-licensed medicines that clearly represent good value for money to NHSScotland

Scottish Patient Safety Programme

Improves the safety and reliability of healthcare and reduces harm, whenever care is delivered.

We believe that every person in Scotland should receive the best healthcare possible every time you come into contact with your health service.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland is the national healthcare improvement organisation for Scotland and part of the NHS in Scotland.

We work with staff who provide care in hospitals, GP practices, clinics, NHS Boards and with patients, carers, the community and the public.

Our work drives improvements in the quality of healthcare people receive by providing quality improvement support to healthcare providers.An essential ingredient to the success of this work is our staff.

While our staff come from a variety of backgrounds and professional disciplines, the common denominator across our workforce is a drive to improve healthcare.

We regularly seek to recruit for a range of exciting and challenging roles, so if you have the drive and passion to improve healthcare, we want to hear from you.

Our work programme

We have five key priorities.

These are areas where we believe we can make the most impact and where we focus our efforts and resources.

• Enabling people to make informed decisions about their care and treatment.
• Helping health and social care organisations to redesign and continuously improve services.
• Provide evidence and share knowledge that enables people to get the best out of the services they use and helps services improve.
• Provide quality assurance that gives people confidence in the services and supports providers to improve.
• Making the best use of resources, we aim to ensure every pound invested in our

Our recruitment process

Our recruitment process is open and fair. We try to create a positive and enjoyable candidate experience. We aim to recruit individuals with the knowledge, skills, experience and potential to help us meet our objectives.
Our commitment to diversity

We treat all candidates in a fair, prompt, courteous and professional manner. We consider applications strictly on their ability to meet the requirements of the vacancy.

We are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing a diverse workforce. We support a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a recognised disability who meet the minimum vacancy standard.
Our commitment to representation

In particular, we welcome candidates from communities that are under-represented in our workforce.
We provide support and make any reasonable adjustments to ensure:
our recruitment process can fully include all candidates
our working environment is suitable for all successful candidates.
Agile working

Healthcare Improvement Scotland is committed to agile working across our premises and we are progressing through stages of this, on a phased basis.
As we support new ways of working, a shared desk approach is being implemented across our main Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Applicants should note that it may not be possible to allocate a fixed desk and if this is the case, storage solutions will be provided for you. Individual requirements will be taken into account on a case by case basis.
Our commitment to service

We look for ways to improve our recruitment practices. Your feedback can help inform the service improvements we make.
Recruitment policies

We have a number of organisational policies and procedures for all key areas of its activity. We believe that the right policies and practices in recruitment, performance management and promotion create the foundation for a culture that is fair and equal for all employees.