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.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
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.
Who we are:
We are Child Health Information Systems, also known as ‘CHIS’. We maintain administration systems that provide a record for individual children and support a variety of related programmes; screening, immunisations and outcomes of the 0-5 child health reviews.
Although we are mainly office-based, a large part of our role also includes attending schools across Lothian to support school immunisation programmes, which run from September to June every year.
Position
An opportunity has arisen for a temporary 37 hour Data Entry Assistant (12 month contract) based in St John’s Hospital, Livingston.
What you will do:
1. You will undertake a range of clerical and administrative duties to maintain the smooth running of the department, such as data entry, running and processing of reports, checking of paperwork, filing and booking of appointments.
2. You will assist in manning the CHIS phone lines to the general public and health professionals in a professional and courteous manner.
3. You will attend Schools to provide support to the immunisation teams in the West Lothian area.
Expenses will be paid for any excess travel incurred.
This role would be considered not suitable for hybrid or home working.
Please contact Jackie.Caldwell@nhs.scot if you have any further questions.
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