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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 Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP) Directorate works to support the education, training and continuing professional development of nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, health and social care chaplain and healthcare 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 drivers.
The Opportunity
This is an integral role within NHS Scotland’s practice education infrastructure.
This practice educator role will ensure access to learning and development resources directly relevant to clinical care closer to where nurses and midwives practice. The post holder will be employed by NHS Education for Scotland and will be hosted within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and will cover other boards within the West region as required. We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated nurse or midwife educator to provide visible and sustainable educational leadership, working collaboratively across NHS Education for Scotland and the West region of Scotland. A key outcome for the role is to support the education and development of nurses and midwives across the career framework, particularly focussing on levels 5 and 6 practitioners in care giving roles.
As a Practice Educator you will have access to the national network and regional support from you manager and peers
Do you want to improve access to high quality resources and development opportunities for nurses and midwives?
Do you thrive working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing landscape?
Do you enjoy working collaboratively across different organisations?
Do you thrive working in partnership with a range of people?
Do you want to support a multi-professional approach to education
Working within the Practice Education and Pre-registration Nursing and Midwifery team as a Practice Educator you will have the opportunity to bring your unique skills and experience to the table.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Practice Educators offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- A registered nurse or midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Expertise related to education is a requirement for this post, therefore experience within an education, teaching or facilitation role
- Commitment to multi-professional approaches to education
- Proven track record in negotiating, influencing, and managing people
- Ability to collaborate effectively and flexibly and to build networks and communities of practice
- Highly effective communicator knowing how to make complex information and language simple for a diverse range of stakeholders
- A commitment to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries
- 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 Practice 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 and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Janine Stewart, Senior Educator, janine.stewart@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.
This role is hosted in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Our interview and final selection process will therefore be in person, and will be held in the NES Bothwell Street Office.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Interviews (including a presentation) will take place on Monday 10th November 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