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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week
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 core function of the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions (NMAHP) Directorate is to support the education, training and continuing professional development of nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, health and social care chaplains and their support workers. The Directorate is also responsible for providing education, training and workforce development across wider professional groups and disciplines, often in partnership with other agencies, to support key policy imperatives.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join the NMAHP Directorate within NHS Education for Scotland. We are looking to appoint a Head of Programme to join the Workforce Education and Career Development team.
Providing first point of contact, line management and budgetary responsibility and business oversight, this post holder will have responsibilities for workstreams including the Post-registration/Postgraduate Education, Continuing Professional Development including Integrated Community Nursing; and Health Care Support Worker Programme to provide professional leadership to a broad range of workstreams that contribute to Transforming Roles and other national priorities.
Do you want to work in partnership with the AHP Head of Programme and other colleagues to progress NES’ contribution to the Transforming Roles programme of work and in particular integrated community nursing and health and social care support roles?
Do you aspire to leading and operationally managing a range of high profile educational initiatives at national level with an emphasis on technology enhanced learning and digital skills?
Do you enjoy liaising with a range of partners from health, social care, education, independent and third sectors, including Higher Education Institutions, Scottish Government and strategic leads in Health Boards?
Do you want to develop and maintain effective links with key stakeholders in order to support wider NES activity?
Working within the WECD team you will actively contribute to NES NMAHP directorate and corporate planning activities ensuring that plans are progressed within agreed budgets
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Heads of Programme offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
• Nursing registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Community Nursing qualification and/or significant subject and clinical expertise and experience in community nursing
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience
• Nationally recognised education qualification (at Post Graduate certificate or Diploma level)
• Well developed digital knowledge and skills and experience in technology enhanced learning
• Substantial postgraduate education experience and will have held enhanced responsibility in an educational or healthcare post
• Knowledge of and expertise in organisational, leadership and management development and models for delivery of leadership development.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiating, influencing and facilitation skills at a senior level, with the ability to communicate sensitive and complex information
• Experience in role development, career pathways and modern / graduate apprenticeships
• Experience of working with key NMAHP stakeholders e.g. the Scottish Government, National Workstream Leads, Territorial and National Board representatives
• 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, to meet strict deadlines
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 Head of Programme 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 and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Charlie Sinclair, Associate Director NMAHP; charlie.sinclair@nhs.scot
Next Steps
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) will take place on Thursday 6 February 2025. The presentation 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