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We are looking to recruit a full time, permanent Senior Practitioner - Practice Education, based at Beckford Street, Hamilton.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team in NHS Lanarkshire . We are looking for someone dynamic and enthusiastic to be our Senior Practitioner for Practice education and lead the team in enhancing the quality of practice learning environments and staff development. Care to join us?
The post holder will lead a range of dynamic interventions across a range of teams, identifying practice development opportunities which support the delivery of reliable person centred care through the utilisation of one or more of the following across the NMAHP community of NHS Lanarkshire :
- Practice development strategies
- Professional advisory and internal consultancy services
- Project and people management
- Development, training and education
- Development, compliance or review of policies, procedures and guidelines.
The post holder will be charged with driving forward care improvement through the development of frontline clinical leadership and practice, responsibility and accountability informed by improvement science methodology and sustained implementation of evidence based practice.
The post holder will have responsibility for delivering an agreed set of annual objectives. This will involve working across the NMAHP community (from the most junior to the most senior); respecting and challenging professional boundaries; and working collaboratively and in partnership with patients, public, other service providers, education providers and regulatory and national policy leads.
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB
- A Registered Practitioner on either the NMC or HCPC register
- At least 5 years post registration experience in a healthcare setting, with at least 3 years in a clinical or educational leadership position (Band 7 or above)
- Educated to Masters Level
- Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Education or equivalent qualification
- Able to provide evidence of clinical leadership through involvement in practice development processes
- Contemporary knowledge of leadership, professional issues and development requirements of the NMAHP workforce
- Excellent team worker
- Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Margot Russell, Director NMAHP Practice Development. on Margot.Russell@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact recruitment.lanarkshire@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at www.gov.uk
