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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Driving Tuition
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Generally Monday to Friday)
Job ref
335-A-1361-C
Employer
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Various
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/05/2024 23:59

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East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust logo

Driving Education Lead - Full Time

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).


 

Job overview

The Driving Education Lead will work within an educational leadership team and is primarily responsible for the management of development, delivery and overall quality assurance of driver training interventions, assessments and accident reduction incentives to meet organisational needs and initiatives. 

This is achieved through the day-to-day management of the Driving Education Team, which provides leadership, expert knowledge, skill, and direction in the design, implementation, and evaluation of driving education. 

Main duties of the job

  • To take responsibility as part of the Organisational Learning team for providing professional education, training and learning opportunities within the Trust’s driving activities.
  • To work in collaboration with Operational and Fleet management colleagues to provide educational opportunities that will contribute to improve the quality of driving standards through improved driver education.
  • To supply specialist educational support and guidance to Operational Management and their team members in order to improve the standards of driving within divisions and facilitate the continuing professional development of staff.
  • To facilitate and support the development of Trust Driving Educators in the application of the requirements of the high speed driving elements of the Road Traffic Act and wider accident reduction initiatives within the Trust.

Working for our organisation

You will need to embrace the EMAS Trust values and be committed to developing and delivering high-quality clinical education that is student-focused. 

The post holder will be required to work across all 3 of our Education Centres across the East Midlands:

- Oak House Education Centre (Lincoln, LN6 3LH)

- The Rosings Education Centre (Leicester, LE19 3EQ)

- Clifton Education and Development Centre, Nottingham Trent University (Nottingham, NG11 8NS)

We are open to negotiating your choice of predominant base out of the three centres above.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See the attached job description but the main purpose of the job

As part of a shared leadership team:

To ensure effective management of  driving education provision within divisions and associated education facilities

To implement and monitor quality assurance processes within driving education, to ensure compliance with internal and external standards

To take responsibility for the development, implementation and evaluation of education, training and professional development 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 4 Diploma Emergency Response Ambulance Driving Instructor
  • Driving Standards Agency Approved Driving Instructor
  • Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training
  • Level 4 Internal Quality Assurance
  • Level 4 Qualification in Coaching
  • Level 5 Qualification in Leadership / Management
  • Level 3 First Response Emergency Care (FREC)
Desirable criteria
  • Educated to degree level or evidence of working at that level
  • Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of delivering driving education preferably in the emergency services sector
  • Experience of working in learning and development
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of leading a team of driving educators, ideally within an emergency service
  • Minimum of 2 years operational experience in an emergency service

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Kacper Sumera
Job title
Head of Education
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07385516189
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