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Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is an education and training body and a special health board within NHS Scotland, with the responsibility of developing and delivering education and training for the healthcare workforce in Scotland.
The core function of the NMAHP Directorate is to support the education, training and continuing professional development of nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, health and social care chaplains and their support workers.
The Directorate is also responsible for providing education, training and workforce development across wider professional groups and disciplines, often in partnership with other agencies, to support key policy imperatives across health and social care.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the NHAMP directorate in working on major policy imperatives in respect to public health, health protection and healthcare associated infections.
This leadership role will include understanding needs across the system, developing training frameworks and educational resources as required for this clinical and non-clinical workforce.
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated educationalist with a keen interest and/or significant experience in this area to lead programmes of work in this area.
What you'll do
Key tasks will include but are not restricted to;
- Work in close partnership with stakeholders to provide leadership in the co-production and implementation of a workforce education frameworks in line with Scottish Government priorities
- Collating, interpreting and reconciling information and opinions from a range of stakeholders, especially where these may be conflicting, and analysing these to enable a compromise to be brokered or judgement made between the options
- Identify priority workforce education requirements and progress as required, including review and scoping of gaps in current provision
- Lead/oversee the development of quality assured educational resources and source/identify associated development/learning opportunities
- Provide high level reports for internal and external oversight groups as required including the delivery of agree project milestones
- Manage and provide leadership to a small team, linking with relevant colleagues
- Provide support to the Head of Programme as directed including working across workstreams as necessary
What you'll bring
The post provides an opportunity to take a leading role in programme of work at national level to support the Scottish Government priorities .The successful applicant will be an innovative and highly motivated educationalist (qualified to Masters level or equivalent) preferably with significant experience in this area. Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills are essential, as is engagement through partnership working with a range of clinical and non clinical stakeholders. In addition, the post-holder will be able to demonstrate flexibility and high-level diplomacy skills.
These will include but are not restricted to;
- Proven experience in developing, commissioning, managing and evaluating development programmes/activities.
- Experience in the development and delivery of a range of training/workforce education programme elements and developing learning materials.
- Significant experience of managing large and complex projects/programmes.
- Experience/understanding of the external political and social environment, including NHS policy issues and priorities, and the wider agenda of public policy impacting on other relevant agencies.
- Ability, experience and judgement to work independently and as part of a senior team.
- Ability to build highly effective relations internally and externally is key as well as excellent facilitation, presentation and strategic thinking and analysis skills.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Ruth Robertson, Head of Programme, Ruth.Robertson2@phs.net
The post is fixed term for two years
For NHS employees considering this post, please note that appointments will only be considered on a secondment or SLA basis, in the first instance.
Applicants who wish to apply on a secondment basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer at the earliest opportunity.
Closing date: 4th December 2020
Interview date: 18th December 2020 onwards
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.