The Alcohol and Drugs Unit is working to deliver three programmes including:

• Improving quality and safety in drugs and alcohol.
• Integrating community pathways to recovery.
• Transforming recovery pathways in complex care.

Our work ensures the contribution of lived and living experience across the totality of our programmes requiring expertise in collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders to design inclusive, accessible and people-led improvement approaches.

The Improvement Advisor roles will work collaboratively to bring together a diverse range of services and stakeholders to drive improvement across health and social care systems. These roles requires a strong foundation in quality improvement methodologies, alongside proven experience of engaging effectively with a wide range of stakeholders to inform and shape service change.

The focus of the roles are on understanding complex systems and designing, testing, implementing and spreading improvement approaches that support local services to build sustainable capacity and capability for change. You will play a key role in analysing and translating complex information into clear, practical tools, insights and resources that support improvement in practice.

We are seeking experienced, enthusiastic and proactive individuals who can deliver high-quality improvement and implementation support directly to health and social care services, working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

If you are passionate about improving health and care in complex systems and want to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion regarding our Systems post please contact Gregory Hill-O’Connor, Systems Senior Strategic Planning Advisor, at gregory.hill-oconnor@nhs.scot.

For an informal discussion regarding our Alcohol and Drugs post please contact Lawrence Pavia, Senior Improvement Advisor, at Lawrence.pavia@nhs.scot or Carrie Thomson, Senior Improvement Advisor, at carrie.thomson5@nhs.scot.

For an informal discussion regarding our Engagement Practice Improvement post, please contact Diane Graham, Head of EPI, at diane.graham@nhs.scot

Closing date: midnight on Sunday 14 June 2026

It is anticipated that in-person interviews will be held on 08 or 10 July 2026 at Delta House, Glasgow. Preference for specific teams will be discussed during the recruitment process.