Allied Health Professions; AHP Practice Education Lead

The Role

A rare opportunity to join this dynamic Practice education team supporting and facilitating the development of the workplace as a sustainable quality learning environment for all Allied Health Professional staff (Registered AHPs, pre-registration students, support workers and staff “returning to practice”) working across all care settings within Health Board area:

• Responsibility for designing and delivering training and development programmes as a major job responsibility
• To enhance the quality of learning opportunities available to the AHP workforce.
• To develop local opportunities with our partners for inter professional learning within the Health Board area
• To make a significant contribution supporting the identified education needs of AHP workforce within the workplace
• To increase the capacity of the Health Board area and other sectors to provide learning opportunities for pre-registration AHP students

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

• Qualified to Masters Degree level or equivalent
• Registration with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as one of the ten AHP professional groups
• Evidence of CPD relevant to AHP Practice Education
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting
• Demonstrates experience of practice placements and Practice Education issues
• Ability to collate, analyse and make informed judgements on information sets
• Experience in carrying out research and audit
• High level written, verbal and presentation skills
• Experience in workshop, project and change management
• Demonstrates commitment to team leadership
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Demonstrates and understands the specialities within the team, their perspectives and issues
• IM&T skills
• Able to work independently and in a self directed manner within the remit and timescales of the project

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

• Holding or working towards an educational qualification such as a Postgraduate Certificate/ Diploma
• Experience of teaching, facilitation and working in a learning environment
• Understanding of current workforce development/education and training issues in NHS Scotland
• Experience of AHP inter‑professional working and learning
• Experience of practice education/student training within an AHP role
• Contribution to research related activities
• Organisation and interpersonal skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Critical appraisal skills
• IT skills
• Information retrieval, analysis and report writing skills
• Project management skills
• Change management skills
• Team player
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to work with a range of stakeholders
• Ability to function and to support others in a rapidly changing environment
• Flexibility
• Ability to function autonomously

• Permanent
• Part Time
• 23 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro‑rata.

This role will be based in NMAHP Practice Development Centre within Beckford St.

The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday (Office Hours).

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Margot Russell, Director of…