Ian Blair

Experience

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  Melville Craig Group

  Apr 1989 - Dec 1994

  Senior IT Recruitment Consultant

  Generated fee income through successful recruitment of IT staff for client companies throughout Scotland. Melville Craig was one of the foremost recruitment consultancies in Scotland and was acquired by TMP in 2001.

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  Blair Associates

  Jan 1995 - Oct 2006

  Director

  • Advising on recruitment strategy and procedures.• Building vacancy and person specifications.• Writing and placing recruitment adverting.• Managing response to advertising.• Arranging and conducting screening interviews.• Conducting salary, skills and other surveys.

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  NHS Orkney

  Oct 2006 - Nov 2016

  Supported and facilitated clinical and non-clinical Primary Care staff throughout NHS Orkney to make effective use of multiple eHealth systems. Project managed introduction of national and local eHealth initiatives. Participated in the National Facilitators’ network to maintain awareness and plan for future eHealth developments. Worked collaboratively with local, regional and national NHS colleagues and liaised with eHealth system providers. Worked collaboratively with colleagues from other departments including Dental, OOH, Pharmacy, Long Term Conditions, IT, Medical Records, Health Intelligence. Sought opportunities to apply continuous improvement methodologies to support change. Extracted and presented quantitative data from clinical systems to support service improvement. Show less Part of the Scottish Executive's Efficient Government Initiative to examine the feasibility of NHS Orkney and OIC (Orkney Islands Council) to provide non-core support services on a joint basis. Part of a small team reporting to OIC Head of Corporate Services. Using a methodology provided by the Improvement Service I gathered information through face-to-face interview and desktop research. Services included:• information technology• property management and maintenance• catering• staff training• vehicle management and maintenance• personnel• procurement Show less

  • Systems Facilitator

    Dec 2011 - Nov 2016

  • Project Officer (Service Redesign)

    Apr 2009 - Nov 2011

  • Business Analyst (Shared Services)

    Jan 2008 - Mar 2009

  • Recruitment Advisor

    Oct 2006 - Jan 2008
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  NHS Scotland

  Nov 2016 - Feb 2024

  The Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative (SRMC) www.srmc.scot is funded by Scottish Government to develop ways to improve the recruitment and retention of people working in Primary Care. We work together across the Scottish area Health Boards and with any partners who can contribute to our aims.• work at strategic and operational levels.• lead multiple, concurrent projects from pre-project through to deployment.• identify stakeholders and facilitate collaborative working.• use techniques like timeboxing, MoSCoW and tools like Smartsheet. Show less

  • Programme Manager - Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative (SRMC)

    Apr 2021 - Feb 2024

  • Project Manager - Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative (SRMC)

    Nov 2016 - Feb 2024