The closing date for this job has now passed.

Job reference: 202198
Salary: Band 7 (£48,788 - £56,747)
Job closing date: 04/12/2024
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Flexible Location
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 18.5 hours per week
Job posted date: 21/11/2024
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Education For Scotland
Department: Dental Workforce Development

Job Advert

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 Time, 18.5 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 Dental Directorate is responsible for the management, funding and provision of  

Postgraduate Education for Dentists and Dental Care Professionals within Scotland  

and pre-registration training for dental nurses. Postgraduate Education is provided  

for practitioners within the General Dental Service, Public Dental Services and the  

Hospital Dental Service. The Directorate is responsible for overseeing the provision  

of Foundation Training for new dental graduates, and CPD courses for general  

dental practitioners and the dental care professionals. In addition to this the  

directorate oversees the dental training grades in the Hospital service and is  

responsible for the management of Dental ACT and student outreach funds. 


The Opportunity 

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team to deliver training and education for oral improvement programme workforce development 

Do you want to play a key role in enhancing the learning and development experiences of the health, social care and early education workforce across Scotland? 

Do you enjoy working collaboratively across different organisational boundaries? 

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? 

Do you enjoy engaging learners into conversations around putting new learned knowledge into practice .?   


Working within the Oral Health Improvement Workforce Development team you will have the opportunity to bring unique skills and experience to a dynamic and innovative team.  


Does this sound like you? 


What We Love to See 

Specialist Leads 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 healthcare professional 

Experience within an education teaching or facilitation role 

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 Specialist Lead 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 Roseann.Gorman@nhs.scot or Thomas.Lamont2@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 19 December 2024. 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 

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