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Job reference: 038912
Salary: Band 6 (£31,800 - £39,169)
Job closing date: 16/12/2020
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: UHI Building
Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment
Hours Per Week: 18.75
Job posted date: 08/12/2020
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Highland
Department: Practice Education

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This Practice Education Facilitator post is currently based in Inverness but can involve travelling throughout North NHS Highland.

There is a small friendly and highly motivated team of Practice Education Facilitators and Care Home Education Facilitator throughout NHS Highland.

The Practice Education Facilitator is an autonomous practitioner with advanced communication skills. Practice Education Facilitators provide support to practice assessors and supervisors within a variety of practice learning environments including Midwifery, Child, Adult, Mental Health, Learning Disability and Care Homes.

The Practice Education Facilitator will provide education and development opportunities for practice assessors and supervisors supporting students from pre and post registration education programmes. The role influences the development and maintenance of a quality learning environment where both education and lifelong learning are seen as integral to clinical practice. As an experienced practitioner you will lead and facilitate practice education developments to support staff to make the necessary changes to their practice as required both locally and nationally. You will have an indirect influence on patient care by supervising, teaching, facilitating and supporting practice assessors and supervisors within NHS Highland.

This post requires membership of Disclosure Scotland's PVG Scheme.

A driving licence and access to a car for work purposes is essential for this post as you will be expected to travel through North NHS Highland area.

Informal enquiries to:  John Sinclair, Lead Practice Education Facilitator; Tel: 07437 135862; email: john.sinclair@uhi.ac.uk or Stephen Loch, Lead Nurse for Workforce Planning & Development; tel: 07825 357504; email: stephen.loch@nhs.scot

Closing date for completed Applications: 16th December 2020

​​​​​​​Please note that we are unable to accept late applications

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