Digital Enablement Trainer – Primary Care

NHS Scotland; Glenrothes; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Fife is seeking a Digital Enablement Trainer to deliver training to GP Practice staff across Scotland, supporting them through GP IT digital system changes. The role focuses on ensuring staff can confidently use new systems to improve services for patients.

The post is an 18-month contract with potential secondments, requiring travel throughout Fife and across Scotland and flexible training hours to meet delivery needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training to GP Practice staff on GP IT digital systems.
• Support staff through system changes to improve patient services.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Digital Enablement Primary Care Team to support the roll out of GP IT Reprovisioning work to our GP Practices within NHS Fife. We are looking for enthusiastic, engaging individual who has a great ability to convey information in a supportive manner and a keen interest in supporting others to learn.

The post is a 18 month contract (secondments will be considered).

The role of Digital Enablement Trainer will focus on delivering training and supporting GP Practice staff through the changes ahead with GP IT digital systems. The post holder will play an important part in ensuring staff can confidently use systems to carry out their role and improve services for patients.

NHS Fife is ambitious in developing its strategies and frameworks to support organisational change and modernise service delivery through digital for the benefit of staff, patients, carers and the public. This post will act as an exemplary advocate of this agenda.

You must be able to travel throughout Fife and across Scotland as required, you should be able to flex working hours to meet the needs of training delivery.

If you enjoy supporting staff through a system change and assisting with key benefits to our end users and patients, we would love to hear from you.

Informal Enquiries: Gillian Notman on [e-mail]

Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity

Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.

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We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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