NHS Borders
A career with a great team
Work With NHS Borders
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Chief Executive - Candidate Information Pack
NHS Borders - Key Stats
The Scottish Borders serves a population of approximately 120,000.
The area is geographically large (covering 1800 square miles) mostly rural with small burghs and very sparsely populated areas.
Within NHS Borders there is approximately 3,200 staff working over 50 different sites within the Scottish Borders, including the Borders General Hospital in Melrose, and community hospital facilities in Hawick, Peebles, Duns and Kelso.
Values are at the heart of everything NHS Borders do:
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Care and Compassion
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Quality and Teamwork
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Dignity and Respect
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Openness, Honesty and Responsibility
Ensuring patients are safe, and cared for efficiently and effectively by suitably experienced and qualified staff, driving quality is at the heart of patient care at NHS Borders. They are a dynamic and forward-thinking team with a wealth of clinical and leadership experience. They are continually striving to create an open and honest culture, where they believe in nurturing future stars in the NHS.
NHS Borders Organisational Priorities
In line with health systems across Scotland and the UK, NHS Borders is facing a number of challenges associated with demographics, growing expectations, developing technologies and tight financial resources.
The Board and Executive Team is therefore facing a significant responsibility to provide the right leadership for the organisation through a significant service and workforce transformation process, which will also need to address the Board’s underlying challenges around service, workforce and financial sustainability.
Why Work In The Borders?
The Scottish Borders is one of the best places to live and pursue a professional career in the Health Service.
The Scottish Borders covers a large and scenically beautiful area of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Predominately rural, it is historically a unique part of the country, the home of the Border Reivers, where annually, each town maintains its links with the past during the season of Common Ridings.
The Scottish Borders has tremendous facilities for sport and leisure. Seven-a-side rugby originated in Melrose, and the Melrose event draws large crowds each year.
Glentress and Innerleithen mountain bike parks are world-renowned, and the beautiful Berwickshire coast provides options for sea kayaking, surfing, diving and sea fishing. In addition, there are facilities for fishing, golf, swimming, horse riding, cricket, football, hiking and many other activities.
There are also excellent cultural opportunities in terms of music and art societies, drama, and small theatres in Melrose and Selkirk, as well as amateur opera.
