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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The retirables all need to do is to prepare all the necessary documents and hand them over to the designated liaison officer.

Lapena orders all customs districts to assign liaison officer for retirables

Many of them pointed out that the desire to become a liaison officer occurred prior to reaching the midcareer point.

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

The force has eight architectural liaison officers who work across all districts with developers and councils to help design new buildings at the planning stage to ensure they are as resistant to crime as possible.

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

SCOTTISHPOWER Manweb's Community Liaison Officers provide a much needed link between customers and office staff.

John switched on to put energy customers first

McNair is assistant product manager for the Driver's Vision Enhancer program and was a liaison officer to the multi-national corps in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom 2.

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

The National Guard's effort to create joint forces headquarters may include permanently assigned military liaison officers from each service, according to National Guard officials.

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.

CONSUMER LIAISON OFFICER APPOINTED FOR COMMISSION'S COMPETITION DG

The other Japanese liaison officer is from the Ground Self-Defense Force.

SDF liaison officers in U.S. not involved in Iraqi operations

Watts (R-OK) is CPSC's new Congressional Liaison officer.

Briefly noted ..

Hans Josef Horchem, who headed Germany's Verfassungsschutz (VfS) security service from 1969 to 1981, told the Guardian that he learned of Thadden's status from a British intelligence liaison officer in the late 1970s.