liaison officer

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liaison officer

A generic term for a named person in the UK who bridges the gap between two organisations or different parts of the same service in the NHS.

Examples
Arabic LO, Clinical alerting system LO, education LO, emergency planning LO, eye clinic LO, Greek LO, etc.

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"A memo will be sent to the different districts to designate a liaison officer to process the papers here at the central office.

Lapena orders all customs districts to assign liaison officer for retirables

The first level of competition relates directly to the core function of the foreign liaison officer and the existence of parallel transnational attache networks operated by large federal law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and DEA.

Inside the global policing system: liaison officers deployed in Washington, DC

In fulfilling this role, the Industrial Liaison Officer will typically:

Reaching out: becoming a Regional Co-ordinator or Industrial Liaison Officer is a good way to support and promote the Institution. The IED is currently seeking members to help fill these important roles

More than 10,000 properties in West Yorkshire have now been given Secured By Design (SBD) status by West Yorkshire Police after being designed and built with the help of the force's architectural liaison officers.

Police help to design low-crime buildings; Architectural support for security

"Nothing much has changed after 30 years in the weighing room, so who would be better to take over as liaison officer?

Horse Racing: Darley given York memento montage

"The taxi and private hire trade are fully supportive of every penny we spend on the taxi liaison officer."

pounds 40,000 cost of keeping taxi drivers within law

FACE TO FACE: John Caton, a Customer Liaison Officer for ScottishPower in Liverpool at a customer's house

John switched on to put energy customers first

McNair, the assistant product manager for DVE and a liaison officer to the multi-national corps in Iraq during OIF 2 says, "Our [DVE] product team conducts after-action reviews with units and crews as often as possible.

Sensing beyond the visible: combat-enabling technologies increase warfighter safety in Iraq

The agreement stipulates the First Nation will receive funding to hire a director of lands and resources and a project liaison officer, and also outlines the development of a training centre for the community for jobs created by the Victor Diamond Mine project.

Victor mine moves forward

If the liaison officer idea is adopted, each service would have an assigned slot in each states' joint headquarters.

Guard eyes changes in military liaison program

Tim Lockett, a Kansas EPLO and the first Air Force liaison officer sent to Lufkin to support the defense element of the FEMA operation.

A call for help: Air Force needs emergency preparedness liaison officers

Juan Riviere y Marti was appointed on December 9 to the newly-created function of Consumer Liaison Officer within the Commission's Competition Directorate-General.