NHS National Services Scotland
Project Manager
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On 1 April 2026, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.
As part of this transformation, NSS and NES have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
About The Organisation
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.
We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.
The Post
NHSScotland Assure provides a complete range of clinical, infection prevention, construction, engineering, environmental and facilities services to a range of stakeholders including Health Boards, Scottish Government and the wider public sector. The Directorate provides specific services and expert advice across its portfolio of activity. Outputs include specialist services commissioning, screening, national contracting and logistics, outbreak response, clinical protocols, technical standards and guidance, compliance reviews.
NHSScotland Assure’s core purpose is to deliver and co-ordinate a diverse range of effective expert advice and support services in relation to national infection prevention control, construction, equipping and technical matters which support and improve health and well-being services. Formed in 2021 it encompasses the previous services delivered by Health Facilities Scotland (HFS) and ARHAI Scotland, supplementing these with an integrated approach to improving quality in the healthcare environment and recognised as the Centre of Expertise across all related disciplines.
It plays a key national role in the development and publication of national operational policy, standards, strategy and technical guidance across a diverse range of areas including, Infection Prevention Control, Antimicrobial Resistance response, Property and Capital Planning, Engineering, Environment and Decontamination, Facilities, Equipping Services, Decontamination, Oxygen Therapy, Asset Management, Construction Procurement, Fire Safety, Healthcare Design services.
The successful candidates will support the delivery of an effective management and control mechanism for the creation, approval and delivery of service and business projects across NHS Scotland Assure. They will manage the project plans, risks and resources (inc. third party contributions and other NHSS resources) to deliver outcomes to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within budget. They will provide Internal Consultancy & Quality Improvement services to NHS Scotland Assure.
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The Project Manager Will Sit Within The Internal Facilities Services Team, Providing Project Management Support To Projects Across The Wider Facilities Services Division. This Division Includes 3 Key Service Areas
- External Facilities Services provides technical and operational guidance to the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland bodies in relation to all aspects of healthcare facilities, supporting and improving health and well-being in patient facing services. This includes the promotion of new initiatives in the specialist areas of catering, domestic, laundry, portering and security services.
- NHSScotland Assure Estates and Facilities Services provides services to the wider organisation (NSS/Public Services Delivery Scotland), managing a wide range of buildings across Scotland and providing a safe and fit for purpose working environment for staff and services across the organisation. This service includes the delivery of property management and governance, estates and facilities services, and fleet services.
- Decontamination Services, which provides health boards with their decontamination services through providing engineering support, assistance with equipping health facilities, and advice and guidance. This service also provides the NHS Scotland Incident Reporting and investigation Centre.
The Candidate
The successful candidate will be educated to degree level, hold a relevant Project Management Qualification, and be able to demonstrate continued personal development. They will have a good knowledge of methodologies and techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects and will be able to flex their approach depending on the needs of the project. They will have demonstrable experience of project management across the full project lifecycle and will be able to evidence how they have contributed to business change and quality improvement in a complex environment with multiple interdependencies.
The successful candidate will have line and work management experience and a proven ability to lead, manage and motivate teams especially where they do not have direct line management responsibility. They will have experience of working with, and reporting to a wide range of stakeholders, and will have excellent communication and presentation skills to convey key messages and influence decision making. Being able to negotiate, challenge and influence in complex, and sometimes hostile or emotive environments is crucial.
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The successful candidate will be a self-starter who can prioritise and work independently to meet conflicting demands. They will have strong planning and organisational skills and will be able to pre-empt and solve problems with flexibility and innovation.
Location and Working Pattern
Based at Gyle Square, Edinburgh or Delta House, Glasgow.
Currently hybrid working.
Work pattern: Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week.
It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PSDS
Benefits
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.
Inclusion
Public Services Delivery Scotland is a national organisation and, as an anchor institution, it is our ambition to be a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone feels welcome. We recognise that flexible working creates an inclusive workplace where employees can thrive and feel confident about their ability to balance their personal and professional responsibilities. This is supported through Once for Scotland flexible working policies. PSD Scotland has made a long-term commitment to staff health and well-being and offers many learning and development opportunities to support and improve our approaches to diversity, inclusion and mental health in the workplace. There are a number of equality staff networks in place which all staff are welcome to join. We are also an equal opportunities employer and as such aim to guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As an accredited Disability Confident Leader, it is the aim of PSD Scotland to offer a fully accessible and inclusive recruitment service that supports applicants on their candidate journey. If you are interested in any reasonable adjustments, please contact the Recruitment Team on
Further Information
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Barrie Richardson, Head of Estates at
Closing date for completed applications is 07/08/2026
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
We are an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies however, where exceptionally high application volumes make this impracticable, a fair and proportionate shortlisting approach will be applied in line with Disability Confident guidance
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