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Principal Educator - Mental Health Improvement and Self Harm and Suicide Prevention
Secondment Opportunity (June 2021 – March 2022)
Base - Flexible: Any NHS Education for Scotland office. Please note in the Context of COVID 19 if successful, you will initially be working remotely in line with the guidance from the Scottish Government.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is a national special health board that works in partnership with our stakeholders to provide education, training and workforce development for those who work in and with NHS Scotland. Our aim is to improve health and care through education. We have a Scotland-wide role in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development, we prepare professionals for practice in psychology, pharmacy, optometry and healthcare science and we provide educational development for the nursing, midwifery and allied health professions, healthcare chaplains, healthcare support workers and managers
What You'll Do
We are looking to appoint a Principal Educator to support the NES contribution to supporting cross sector workforce development in relation to Mental Health Improvement, Self- Harm and Suicide Prevention.
While this post is hosted within the NMAHP Directorate it has an organisational and cross sector remit in supporting workforce development in relation to Mental Health Improvement, Self- Harm and Suicide Prevention. You will join an established team and programme of work taken forward in close partnership with Public Health Scotland.
Key Tasks
These will include but will not be limited to:
- Working strategically in partnership with several key stakeholders to develop, deliver and support a portfolio of education and workforce development activities across health and social care (and the wider public sector) related to Mental Health Improvement, Self- Harm and Suicide Prevention.
- Designing, delivering and evaluating a range of innovative educational solutions to support workforce development.
- Developing and nurturing strong partnerships and working relationships with a range of stakeholders across the health and the social care sectors.
- Supporting multi-professional and inter-agency approaches to learning and workforce development across the health and social care.
- Using high level communication, influencing and relationship skills to shape and articulate NES’s contribution to workforce learning and development
What You'll Bring
Will include:
- Educated to Masters degree
- A Postgraduate qualification in Education
- Registered health or social care professional
- Significant expertise and experience working within education related to health and social care workforce development.
- Sophisticated knowledge of the relevant policy and legislative context and an ability to work at a strategic influencing level.
- Subject expertise in the key areas of this post.
- Proven track record in supporting workforce development, service delivery and service and quality improvement across health or social care.
- Excellent facilitation skills and extensive experience using range of approaches across health and social care, including technology enhanced learning.
- A commitment to promoting Human Rights, addressing health inequalities and enhancing the participation of stakeholders.
Informal enquiries are welcomed by Susanne Forrest, Head of Programme at Susanne.Forrest@nhs.scot
If you are interested in this vacancy and would like 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.
Closing date: 7th April 2021
Interview date: from the 21st of April 2021
**** COVID-19 – Please note that during this time all interviews will be conducted remotely. If successful, you will also initially be working remotely in line with the guidance from the Scottish Government***
If you have any queries regarding the application portal or the recruitment process, please contact us at: recruitment.hr@nes.scot.nhs.uk