Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship (SQSF)

About the course

Fellows complete a work-based improvement project alongside residential workshops and project surgeries for peer support. The Fellowship is open to healthcare staff who currently undertake clinical practice and have a direct influence on improving the delivery of safe patient care, as well as staff in clinical professions who do not currently deliver hands-on care but do have a role in improving patient care or safety.

Applicant drop-in sessions

Join our drop-in sessions to inspire and support SQSF applicants. Applicants and their managers are encouraged to attend.

20 February 2025

12.30pm to 1.15pm
My fellowship journey: Cohort 11, the experience, the learning and Costa Rican healthcare
Esther Dickinson, Senior Quality Improvement Lead
Join via this Teams link

Application support drop-in sessions

We will discuss both the applicant and managers sections of the application.

30 January 2025

12.30pm to 1.15pm
Join via this Teams link

5 February 2025

8.30am to 9.15am
Join via this Teams link

13 February 2025

4.30pm to 5.15pm
Join via this Teams link

5 March 2025

4.15pm to 5.00pm
Join via this Teams link

Application process

This is initially​ managed locally, prior to final submission. Anyone interested in applying must send their application​ form, with all written sections completed, to:

email nhsh.corporatenmahp@nhs.scot 

...by ​13 March 2025, including the supporting statement from your line manager (200 words).
​​
A local selection process will then take place. Applicants selected locally to be put forward for the SQSF selection process will be signed by our Board Quality Lead, the appropriate Executive Clinical Lead and the Board Chief Executive. The application form will then be returned to the applicant in time for them to submit to NES by 4 April 2025.

Visit Turas for an application pack and course information.

Introduction to SQSF Highland (video)

Watch the video recording of our drop-in session (opens in SharePoint - login needed):

Introduction to the Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship (SQSF) Programme for clinical and operational leaders across NHS Highland and the Highland Council

During the recording you will find out about the SQSF, hear the questions asked and consider whether you are interested in applying.

We were joined by Shobhan Thakore, Consultant in Emergency Medicine NHS Tayside, also Clinical Lead for the Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship and National Lead for Unscheduled Care.