Job overview
Shape the future of digital learning within Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS and beyond …..
We are looking for an innovative and driven Learning Technologist (Band 6) to join our forward‑thinking Education and Workforce Development team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT).
This newly created role sits at the heart of the Trust’s ambitious Careers’ Promise portfolio and will play a pivotal role in how thousands of staff and learners access, experience and benefit from digital learning, making a real difference to patient care through quality learning and reflective practice.
If you are passionate about digital inclusion, technology‑enabled learning, innovation and generative AI and want the opportunity to work at scale in a complex, values‑driven organisation, this role offers challenge, rich opportunities for personal development and the freedom to innovate.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities of this role include:
1. Be a key contributor to the design, delivery and evolution of digital learning across the Trust
2. Develop engaging online and blended learning experiences that are inclusive, accessible and pedagogically robust
3. Support staff and learners to confidently use digital tools and platforms, including VLEs, e‑portfolios, video, e‑assessment and generative AI
4. Work hands‑on with tools such as Articulate, Captivate, Kaltura and emerging learning technologies
5. Provide training, workshops and 1:1 coaching to build digital confidence and capability
6. Play an active and supportive role in digital transformation projects, innovation pilots and impact evaluation
7. Help shape communities of practice, digital ambassador networks and the wider digital learning culture
This is a role with real autonomy, visibility and opportunity to influence at organisational level.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
Person specification
EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
8. First degree in technology, media or education related subject or extensive relevant experience
Desirable criteria
9. PG Certificate in Online Teaching
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential criteria
10. Good understanding of the pedagogical, social and cultural issues affecting the adoption of new learning environments/ technologies and strategies to deal with them
EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
11. Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with subject matter experts to design effective online learning and blended learning programmes
Desirable criteria
12. Experience of teaching in the higher education context
13. Project management experience with evidence of supporting digital transformation, digital academy development, digital boot camps
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
Essex
RM7 0AG
Telephone 01708 435000 5936