229167 Business Manager

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Salary: Band 8a £60,125-£64,906 per annum)

Job Type: Administrative Services

Job Title: Business Manager (Band 8a)

Location: NHS Lothian

Employment type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: Full Time 37hrs/week

Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian

Department: Infection Prevention and Control

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.

'Business Manager, Infection Prevention and Control, NHS Lothian'

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic transformational leader to deliver improved quality and safety of care and effective service delivery that ensures that Infection Prevention and Control is integral to everyday culture and practice across NHS Lothian and the Health & Social Care Partnerships.

The Business Manager will contribute to the Executive Nurse Director's Senior Management Team providing leadership and visibility and supporting workflows associated with Infection Prevention and Control programmes of work and wider Executive corporate responsibilities.

The post holder will lead on a portfolio of projects ensuring service changes and improvements are implemented, monitored and evaluated. These projects will range from the development and implementation of new systems e.g. development of the Infection Prevention and Control and Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) dashboard for local grip and control use in service, to the fundamental redesign of current systems and processes e.g. systems and processes for all audits, surveillance, staff training, governance and compliance reporting locally and nationally.

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 Lindsay Guthrie, Associate Director, Infection Prevention & Control Service – Tel: or email

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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: Disclosure Scotland Changes.