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Principal Educator (Allied Health Professions)
Hours: 18.75 hours per week (0.5 wte)
Duration: Permanent
Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
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.
We are looking to appoint a 0.5 WTE Principal Educator (Allied Health Professions) to develop education resources for AHPs in relation to supporting autistic adults, and to provide an AHP contribution and perspective to the NES wide workforce development focused on Autism and Neurodiversity
This post is hosted within the NMAHP Directorate and will work with colleagues across NES and with external stakeholders to build on and develop work which has already commenced to support AHP workforce development in relation to supporting autistic adults.
What you'll do
Key tasks will include but are not restricted to;
- Working with stakeholders to develop a portfolio of education and workforce development activities for AHPs across health and social care, related to neurodiversity and autistic adults.
- Nurturing existing partnerships and relationships, and where necessary, developing additional working relationships with a range of stakeholders across the health and social care sectors in relation to Autism and Neurodiversity.
- Designing, delivering and evaluating a range of innovative approaches to support the spread and embedding of education resources across AHPs (and other groups as appropriate)
- Supporting multi-professional and inter-agency approaches to learning and workforce development across 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
These will include but are not restricted to;
- Registration as one of the Allied Health Professions (AHPs) with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Educated to master’s degree level plus substantial postgraduate experience, or working towards this
- Subject and neurodiversity expertise and experience working with autistic adults
- Proven experience in developing, commissioning, managing and evaluating workforce development programmes/activities
- Experience in the development and delivery of a range of education programmes and developing learning materials
- Working within a multidisciplinary/multiagency environment utilising facilitation and network building skills including excellent stakeholder management.
- Demonstrable senior management/leadership experience within a large complex organisation
- Evidence of creativity and innovation, effective communication and facilitation skills and project management experience
If you are interested in this vacancy and would like further information, please refer to the job information pack below.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Audrey Taylor Audrey.taylor@nhs.scot or Helen McFarlane Helen.McFarlane@nhs.scot
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.
Closing date: 5th October 2022
Interview date: To be confirmed
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment. Evidence of this must be produced upon request.
We actively encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
https://www.careers.nhs.scot/about/who-we-are/
If you have any queries regarding the application portal or the recruitment process, please contact us at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot