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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Do you have a growth mindset and are passionate about delivering high quality education, training and experience for clinical staff? If so, there is an incredible opportunity to join the Simulation Team as a Clinical Educator for the Medical Education Directorate in NHS Lothian
You will have duties and responsibilities that span across education, staffing, finance and professional services. You are expected to plan, deliver, facilitate and assist with evaluating simulation education and training throughout Lothian. You will be responsible for planning and facilitating a variety of clinical skills and simulation-based education programmes and initiatives. You will also be involved in implementing decisions on aspects of the NHS Lothian simulation strategy as well as manging the simulation technical team to help deliver on key priorities set by the Associate Medical Director of Education (Simulation) and other performance objectives that relate to clinical skills and simulation that are part of the Medical Education Directorate core activities.
Key Requirements
You must have a degree in a clinical discipline such as nursing or medicine and possess specialist knowledge in clinical education obtained through PgCert/Diploma in Clinical Education or equivalent knowledge and experience in delivery of clinical education including but not limited to simulated-based education. Please provide evidence of collaboration and partnership working alongside continuous professional development in education, people and time management.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact:Siobhan.Connolly@nhs.scot