Education & Development Manager

What is the role?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and registered health care professional to join St Andrew’s Hospice as our Education & Development Manager. You will have the opportunity to plan, facilitate, and deliver education and training. The applicants must have a professional qualification in Palliative Care or equivalent, and have extensive clinical experience within Palliative care services. Applicants should also ideally have experience in running clinical education programmes, and a PG Cert in education (or working towards).

Applicants should evidence proven teaching and leadership ability in professional practice.

The interview will require applicants to undertake a 10-minute presentation. This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

What we expect of you?

· Registered Health Care professional with qualification at degree level 11 or equivalent experience

· Experience in mentoring students, nurses and teaching and assessing in practice

· Post qualification experience in specialist Palliative Care and/or end of life care and/or oncology

· Experience in delivering and developing training and education to a range of staff

· Knowledge of educational theory and approaches to providing quality learning experience

· Knowledge and ability to mark SQA Level 9 & Level 10 assessments

· Able to set own plans and prioritise, and manage own workload to meet targets and timescales

· Must have excellent IT skills and able to use word, excel, outlook, PowerPoint and online video conferencing platforms

· Keeps knowledge, skills, and practice up to date and maintains practice portfolio/meets revalidation requirements

· Able to communicate information to an adaptable and effective way which can be easily understood by the recipient

· Able to motivate learners. Is confident about working and challenging people/learners

· Able to plan and co-ordinate a programme of training

· Able to assess effectiveness of training programmes and maintain databases with accurate records

· Able to establish and sustain positive and constructive working relationships

· Able to work as an effective team member who draws colleagues for information, ideas, resources and support

· Committed to palliative care

· Creative and open about delivering in innovative ways

· Displays a quality approach

· Positive attitude to training/education and the work of the charity

· Self-motivated

· Commitment to own personal development and the development of other team members