The NHS Highland Board’s catchment area comprises the largest and most sparsely populated part of Scotland (over 12,000 square miles, which represents over 40% of the land mass of Scotland) serving a population of over 300,000.

The role of the Learning and Development Facilitator is to facilitate the professional development and competence of social care staff. The role enhances and supports the development of practice learning environment across the organisation and contributes to the professional development and continuous improvement of the workforce.

This post holder will be responsible for leading on, implementing, co-ordinating, and monitoring the developing learning and development framework across Highland, and ensure that members of staff are supported to complete the necessary training to practice safely and retain full registration with the SSSC.

The post holder will develop, plan and contribute to the delivery of NHS Highland Adult Social Care learning in partnership with local learning providers and partner agencies in line with national and local strategic priorities.

The role contributes to help assure that the quality of training delivery is meeting national standards and the post holder will act as the Senior Social Care Learning and Development Adviser in NHS Highland in  matters relating to Social Care professional development.

In order to be able to carry out the duties of this post effectively and safely, candidates will be able to provide evidence of experience in learning and development, especially with organising, supporting, assessing and reviewing learning activities.

Applicant must have good communication skills – both verbally and in writing. An SVQ Level 4 in Care or educated to degree level in a relevant subject and evidence of experience in the role.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description.

Informal enquires regarding the post to: Josie Clark, Senior Practice Educator; email: [email protected]; tel: 07974 872510 or Fabien Camus, Principal Officer, Learning & Development (ASC); email: [email protected]; tel: 07815 001619

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.

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.

Care and compassion	Dignity and respect	Openness, honesty and responsibility	Quality and teamwork

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.