(MG) Allied Health Professions Practice Education Lead

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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Allied Health Professions Practice Education Lead (AfC Band 7)

Base: St. John's Hospital, Livingston (with flexible working across Lothian to meet service demands)

Permanent post: up to 0.6WTE (22.2hrs per week – based on 37 hour working week)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to take a lead role in supporting the educational needs of the AHP workforce across NHS Lothian. The successful candidate will work alongside other experienced staff, as part of our small AHP Practice Education team.

We are looking for a friendly and enthusiastic individual with a flexible and proactive approach to practice education to join us.

The purpose of this role is to support and facilitate 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 the Health Board area. In addition, the post holder will contribute to the development and implementation of national practice education programmes of work.

We want to hear from you if:

• You are a qualified AHP and registered with the HCPC;

• You are passionate about the role of practice education supporting career development and CPD for allied health professionals and support staff;

• You can demonstrate excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills;

• You have a Masters qualification or can demonstrate the equivalent e.g. a critical understanding of the theories and principles in education, application of critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis, autonomy and initiative;

• You can work flexibly across Lothian to meet service demands.

For more information about this post please contact Lorna Sinclair, AHP Strategic Practice Education Lead via email in the first instance – [email protected]

Interviews are likely to be held in-person 9th October 2025 tbc.

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Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

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.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes .

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]