Flexible Location: NES is a remote-friendly employer with staff based throughout Scotland. We support office-based and hybrid working arrangements. We welcome conversations about alternative working patterns—please get in touch during the application process to discuss.
Work Pattern: Fixed Term, Part Time, 18.5 hours per week
Fixed-term or Secondment** until 31st August 2026
**For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For non-NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to and enhance the provision of FNP education in Scotland directly influencing outcomes for clients and their children across Scotland. This role will include contributing to the development, facilitation, evaluation and assessment of all aspects of core education and CPD.
Do you enjoy rising to the challenge of a fast paced, complex and political environment?
Do you enjoy helping others build confidence and develop skills through responsive and trauma informed learning?
Do you thrive bringing people together to share learning and strengthen practice in family nursing?
Do you enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to co-develop innovative solutions?
Do you value opportunities to shape national approaches that directly impact FNP practice across Scotland?
Working within the FNP education team within the Women, Children, Young People and Families team means you’ll join a supportive, collaborative environment where you’ll be encouraged to share your expertise, develop new skills and grow as a professional.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Practice Educators offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
* Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
* A minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in Family Nurse Partnership
* Comprehensive knowledge of the FNP programme
* Experience of facilitating learning and supporting FNP education
* Proven experience of collaborative working with partners across health, social work, police, education and other agencies.
* Excellent communication skills with the confidence to manage sensitive and complex discussions in a supportive way
* Evidence of maintaining own clinical practice through CPD in line with Core Model element 9
* Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
* Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
* Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working
* Generous NHS pension scheme
* Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
* Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
* NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in a Practice Educator role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Dorothy Ann Timoney Senior Educator Dorothy-Ann.Timoney@nhs.scot or Lesley O’Donnell Principal Educator Lesley.odonnell@nhs.scot
Next Steps
**NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
In person OR online interviews (including a short presentation) will take place on 6th January 2026. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
1. Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face-to-face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
2. 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.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here . For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here .
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot