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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. Occasional travel to our various offices is a requirement of this role. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work
Work Pattern: A total availability of 37hrs (1.0WTE) is available to be filled flexibly (fixed term or secondment**) until 31 March 2025. Part time working options are available. Please let us know during interviews your preferred weekly working pattern (e.g. Part time such 7.5hrs; 15hrs; 22hrs) or Full time (i.e. 37hrs)
**For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For non-NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
The Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP) Directorate includes the Spiritual Care and Healthcare Chaplaincy workstreams and works at a national level to support the delivery of NES’s strategic plan and works in response to commissions from the Scottish Government, Territorial and National Boards and a range of stakeholders to develop Workforce Education. Our work and partnerships support practitioners working in Health and Social Care to develop throughout their careers and with high quality accessible resources to support their ongoing professional development.
The Workforce Education and Career Development (WECD) programme within the NMAHP Directorate, the WECD Programme is responsible for developing education and associated frameworks to supports career development for NMAHP Registrants and Healthcare Support Workers
This role offers to experience working as part of a dynamic programme to review some of the existing resources following the development of The Health and Care Staffing in Scotland Knowledge and Skills Framework, reflecting the guiding principles for health and care staffing, and to further develop resources for the Turas site Health and Care Staffing in Scotland which was developed to host resources designed to support the development of knowledge and skills at the Informed, Skilled, Enhanced and Expert levels; with a specific focus on the development of resources for the Expert level.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our Workforce Education and Career Development programme - this role is initially funded up to a maximum of 37hrs per week until 31 March 2025, so would be readily supported as a secondment opportunity** (part time working options are available).
Do you want to support the review and development of our Health and Care Staffing resources?
Do you enjoy working and building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and across professions, teams and agencies?
Do you want to support the development of multidisciplinary leadership and practice?
Do you want to improve the application of education in practice?
Do you thrive being adaptive to an ever-changing landscape?
Working within the WECD team in the NMAHP Directorate you will have the opportunity to further develop your skills in education product review, development and evaluation.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Senior Educators offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
Leading on education product review and development
Experience of the local enactment of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act, 2019
A registered NMAHP, Medical professional or associated professional educated to Masters level (or equivalent)
Highly effective leader with proven experience of national working
Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads and that of others, and to meet strict deadlines
Record of supporting and/or contributing to local and national education development
Line management and coaching/mentoring experience
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working
Generous NHS pension scheme
Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in a Senior Educator role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying, we would welcome informal enquiries, please contact Charlie Sinclair, Associate Director NMAHP, charlie.sinclair@nhs.scot
Next Steps
**NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a presentation/exercise) will take place between the Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 September 2024. The presentation/exercise topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot