NS216348 - Assistant Commissioning Manager

NHS Scotland; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service seeks an Assistant Commissioning Manager for the Baird and ANCHOR Project. The role involves planning and delivering operational commissioning for two new facilities. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational skills and relevant experience to effectively engage with clinical teams. This challenging position is a fixed-term role based in Aberdeen.

Qualifications

• Relevant service/clinical experience.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Experience of commissioning is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of Business Continuity Plans, Fire Plans, and Security Procedures.
• Chair working groups on non-clinical areas like Soft Facilities Management.
• Engage with patients and staff in planning clinical moves.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Service/clinical experience

Ability to work with services

Job description

Assistant Commissioning Manager

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Baird and ANCHOR Project Office, Rosehill Annexe

Band: 7

Contract: Fixed Term/Secondment for 18 months

The Baird and ANCHOR Project is looking for a dynamic person to join the team in the role of Assistant Commissioning Manager. This project is in the final stages of the construction of two new facilities on the Foresterhill Health Campus – The Baird Family Hospital and The ANCHOR Centre.

What is the job?

The postholder will play a key role in the planning and delivery of successful operational commissioning of these new facilities.

Duties will include:

• nominated lead for both facilities regarding the development of the Business Continuity Plans, Fire Plans and Security Procedures in partnership with Operational Service Leads
• delegated lead on specific non-clinical areas eg Soft Facilities Management acting as Chair of working groups
• assist in the detailed planning involving clinical moves and part of the success of these plans will be reliant on substantial engagement with patients and staff.

The ideal candidate will have relevant service/clinical experience with excellent organisational and communication skills. Experience of commissioning would be advantageous but is not as essential as the ability to work effectively with all services moving to the new facilities to put detailed planning in place. Specific priorities will be agreed with the person at appointment, dependant on relevant experience and skills.

This will be a very busy and challenging role which will require the successful person to be hard-working and resilient and able to work well with all colleagues and external agencies.

Want to find out more?

For an informal discussion about the project and the post, please contact Stuart Douglas, Functional Commissioning Manager, [e-mail] - 07971355799 or

Louise-Anne Budge, Service and Commissioning Lead, [e-mail] -07966312326

Interviews will be held in Rosehill Annexe (ARI) on Thursday 21 August 2025

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.

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