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