Instructional Designer

HCRG Care Group; West of England; Hybride; GBP 40 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Group pension

Private medical insurance

Wages as you earn them

My Reward Hub discounts

Wellbeing support

Learning and development opportunities

Innovation funding

Résumé du poste

HCRG Care Group seeks an experienced Instructional Designer in Bristol with remote work and occasional travel to the Runcorn Office. You will design, develop and enhance digital and blended learning solutions across the business, aligning with organisational goals and learner needs.

You’ll lead end-to-end design projects, apply modern instructional design principles, ensure accessibility, and collaborate with SMEs, managers and stakeholders to deliver effective learning experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience in instructional design or digital learning.
• Advanced skills in Articulate Storyline and Rise.
• Proficient with SCORM/xAPI and LMS platforms.
• Experience in health and social care sector would be advantageous.
• Degree in Education, L&D, OD, or related field.

Responsabilités

• Design and deliver digital, blended, and face-to-face learning solutions.
• Collaborate with SMEs, managers and stakeholders to identify learning needs and objectives.
• Develop learning formats: eLearning, microlearning, videos, infographics, simulations, gamification, virtual classrooms.
• Ensure accessibility (WCAG AA) and apply learning theory in design solutions.
• Use SCORM/xAPI standards and work with LMS platforms for delivery and evaluation.

Connaissances

Instructional design

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Articulate Storyline/Rise

Digital learning

Formation

Education/L&D/OD or related field

CIPD L&D / ATD (preferred)

Outils

Articulate Storyline

Rise

Vyond

Camtasia

Canva

SharePoint

LMS/SCORM/xAPI

Description du poste

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Job Reference HCRGCG/TP/CR6/152668/21163

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent - Full Time

Weekly contracted hours:

37.5

Location:

Bristol (Remote with occasional travel to the Runcorn Office)

Closing Date:

19/11/2026

Job Category:

HCRG - Corporate

Service type:

HCRG - Corporate - P1

Business Unit:

HCRG - Corporate

Package Description

As a Instructional Designer, you’ll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group.

You will feel valued as a Instructional Designer within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £40,000 - £42,000 with group pension
• Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support – at locations across the country
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location in Runcorn
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

Are you passionate about creating impactful and accessible digital learning experiences? Do you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where innovation and continuous improvement are part of everyday work?

We're looking for an experienced Instructional Designer to join our team at HCRG Care Group. You’ll be at the forefront of designing, developing, and enhancing engaging digital and blended learning solutions that align with our organisational goals and support a diverse learner population across the business.

From shaping learning journeys to leading end-to-end design projects, you’ll use the latest tools and instructional design principles to bring learning to life.

Main Responsibilities

Design and deliver engaging digital, blended, and face-to-face learning solutions using best-in-class instructional methods.

Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs), managers, and stakeholders to identify learning needs and define objectives.

Develop a wide range of learning formats: eLearning, microlearning, videos, infographics, simulations, gamification, virtual classrooms, and more.

Use authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Rise, Vyond, Camtasia, Canva, and Synthesia to create interactive learning content.

Ensure accessibility (WCAG AA), ED&I, and learning theory are embedded in all design solutions.

Apply learning evaluation models to assess impact and continuously improve content based on analytics and user feedback.

Contribute to digital learning standards, templates, and style guides across the team.

Support junior team members and line manage where required.

Use SCORM/xAPI standards and work with LMS platforms for learning delivery and evaluation.

The Ideal Candidate

Professional qualifications in Instructional Design, L&D, OD, or Learning Technologies (e.g. CIPD L&D, ATD).

Proven experience in a similar instructional design or digital learning role.

Advanced skills in Articulate Storyline and Rise (essential).

Proficient in a range of digital tools (e.g. Camtasia, Vyond, Canva, Microsoft Teams, Trello, SharePoint).

Strong knowledge of learning design frameworks, adult learning theory, and accessibility standards.

Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills.

Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a busy environment.

Degree in Education, L&D, OD, or a related field.

Experience using AI tools (e.g. Synthesia, ChatGPT) in learning content creation.

Familiarity with gamification, UX principles, and agile development.

Experience in the health and social care sector.

Training or teaching qualification and/or project management certification.

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.

We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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