# Capacity Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Lothian.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS Lothian
- **Location:** Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £34,544 - £43,039
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01T16:17:13.180Z
- **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=268759
- **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=268759
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhslothian.scot

## Job Content

### Job details

- Job reference: 258347
- Salary: Band 5 (£34,544 - £43,039)
- Job closing date: 15/09/2026
- Job Type: Administrative Services
- Location: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 36
- Job posted date: 01/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
- Department: Womens Services

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The remit of this post is to support the Service Management Team to effectively manage capacity and waiting times across Women’s Services. This is a key post, established to implement, manage and monitor administrative systems to achieve NHS Lothian and national waiting time targets and guarantees.

The postholder is responsible for improving efficiency and implementing the best practices to achieve national and local targets and guarantees by reducing inappropriate demand on services; working closely with Inpatient/Outpatient booking teams, senior management, medical and admin staff. Responsible for reporting and forecasting of service capacity pressures, including production of recommendations for resolving issues as they rise.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Rosalind Wise, 0131 242 1856

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

## Documents

- [Lothian Additional Information (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1191890&JobId=268759)
- [NHSL 258347 Capacity Manager Job Description (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1191889&JobId=268759)
- [NHSL 258347 Capacity Manager Person Specification  (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1191888&JobId=268759)

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