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Department of Clinical and Professional Development
Practice Educator – Palliative care:
37 hours per week
2 year fixed term
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated registered nurse to join the Department of Clinical and Professional Development, working collaboratively across Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership.
* Are you someone who is experienced in delivering effective judgements and decisions for people with palliative care needs and care around dying?
* Are you someone who strives to make a difference in a person’s care experience?
* Do you have excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills?
This post will provide and develop palliative care, and care around dying education to health and social care staff in the Scottish Borders. This will include maintaining a presence in various care environments by delivering direct patient care alongside colleagues and role model and facilitate excellent practice in a coaching role. This will include discussions with colleagues, the assessment and care delivery process incorporating current practice, evidence base, future trends and developments in care, timeliness of interventions and related risks. The post holder will be given a clinical home within the specialist palliative care unit to ensure their own professional practice is maintained.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning, be a forward-thinking Registered Nurse, with a teaching qualification or have experience in both formal and informal teaching subjects relating to palliative care. The successful Educator will have experience of planning and delivering learning.
If you are a confident, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who shares our desire to promote evidence–based practice, develop, and maintain high standards of quality care that is right for each person, we would like to hear from you.
For informal enquiries please contact:
Michelle Scott, Palliative Care Consultant Nurse michelle.scott@borders.scot.nhs.uk
Michelle O’Reilly, Chief Nurse Clinical and Professional Development michelle.oreilly@nhs.scot
Applicants will be asked to give a 10 minute presentation at interview.
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 .
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***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
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