Specialist Lead Educator, Band 7, NMAHP EC-674

TN United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at NHS Education for Scotland as a Specialist Lead Educator. This role involves coordinating IPC education programs to enhance the skills of health and social care staff. Enjoy flexible working options and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Annual Leave - 27 Days

NHS Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in designing, developing and delivering training and education.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate the governance of IPC educational resources.
• Support health and social care staff with IPC knowledge and skills.

Skills

Project Management

Quality Improvement

Collaboration

Education

Masters Level Academic Study

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Client:

NHS Scotland

Location:

nes office location, uk, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Education

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

15.05.2025

Expiry Date:

29.06.2025

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Job Description:

Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.

Work Pattern : Fixed Term, Part-time, 22.2 hours per week (22 hours 12 minutes)

Fixed term or secondment** until : 31 March 2027

**For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For nonNHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered

You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.

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.

The Nursing Midwifery and AHP (NMAHP) Directorate function 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 such as public health, health protection, Infection prevention and control (IPC), dementia and health and social care integration.

The Opportunity :

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team who develop and maintain an IPC education programme which has the largest and most utilized product estate on the TURAS Learn platform. This programme of learning supports staff within health and social care settings with the knowledge and skills to practice safely and effectively in terms of IPC and reduce the risk of infections to themselves and those they care for. Reporting to the Head of Programme, you will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating the governance and up-dating of the IPC educational resources on Turas Learn, working within the IPC Team and with the wider IPC stakeholders across health and social care.

Do you want to support our health and social care staff with their knowledge and skills of IPC to enable them to provide safe, effective care?

Do you enjoy collaborating and working in partnership with colleagues to co-develop innovative solutions?

Do you enjoy rising to the progress the workforce education needs in terms of IPC in a complex and political landscape?

Do you have a passion for programme management and quality improvement?

Does this sound like you?

What we’d love to see

Specialist Lead Educators need to offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer all or some of these, we would love you to apply:

• Evidence of Masters Level (or working towards) academic study
• Be a registered member of a health or social care professional body relevant to your area of expertise or equivalent
• Working knowledge and experience of using quality improvement methods/approaches
• Expertise in project management
• Experience in designing, developing and delivering training and education
• Experience in developing and updating digital learning resources
• Experience of working in an educationally or knowledge management focused environment
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary environment
• 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

Benefits which matter

As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits

including:

• Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working

• Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band)

plus annual NHS salary scale review

• Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday

• NHS discounts and more

Diversity and Inclusion

Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives, and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work. We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of theoutcome. It’s not essential to be in a Principal Lead role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g., maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work. If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Lesley Shepherd, Head of Programme [emailprotected]

Next Steps

** NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest

opportunity, ideally prior to application.

Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required

All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.

Online interviews (including a presentation) will take place on Tuesday 3 rd June 2025. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.

For 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.

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: [emailprotected]

For 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.