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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, Part Time, 22.2 hours per week (22 hours and 12 minutes)
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 NMAHP Directorate is to support the education, training and continuous professional development of nurses, midwives, allied health professions, health and social care chaplains and their support workers. It supports 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.
The Women, Children, Young People and Families (WCYPF) programme sits within the NMAHP Directorate and works collaboratively with a range of internal and external partners.
Scottish Multiprofessional Maternity Development Programme (SMMDP) sits within the WCYPF team and is a unique programme with a primary focus on maternity and neonatal education across Scotland. The programme provides a ‘Once for Scotland’ approach and acknowledges the need to provide access to training in remote and rural areas. As a valued member of our team, you will support our partnerships and the delivery of a suite of education programmes with high quality accessible resources to maternity and neonatal professionals in Scotland.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team to deliver training and education for the maternity and neonatal workforce
Do you want to play a key role in enhancing the learning and development experiences of the maternity and neonatal workforce in Scotland?
Do you want to contribute to the delivery of core mandatory training for midwives and obstetricians ?
Do you Do you enjoy working collaboratively across different organisations?
Do you Do you thrive working in partnership with a range of people?
Do you thrive working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?
Working within the SMMDP team you will have the opportunity to bring unique skills and experience to a dynamic team
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 and/or midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Experience within an education teaching or facilitation role.
• Contemporary clinical experience in neonatal care.
• Commitment to multi-professional approaches to education
• Ability to collaborate effectively and flexibly and to build networks across organisational boundaries
• Highly effective communicator knowing how to make complex information and language simple for a diverse range of stakeholders
• 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 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 Karen Mcalpine, Senior Educator (Karen.mcalpine@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 will take place on Monday 2nd December - AM 2024. Online interviews (including a short presentation). 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