East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Educator - Vocational Qualifications

The closing date is 12 October 2025

Job summary

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician and vocational educator to join EMAS as a Senior Clinical Educator (Vocational Programmes). Applicants must hold recognised teaching and assessor qualifications--such as the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training, Level 3 Award in Vocational Assessment, or equivalent--and demonstrate recent experience delivering EMAS vocational qualifications.

This pivotal role involves the planning, delivery, assessment, and evaluation of in-house qualifications including the Award in Education and Training (AET), Certificate in Education and Training (CET), and Internal Quality Assurance (IQA). You will help ensure our delivery meets current regulatory, pedagogical, and professional standards.

The postholder will also lead and support a team of educators, contribute to quality assurance and curriculum design, promote learner success through inclusive practice, and mentor colleagues through their CPD and qualification pathways.

This is a home-based post with regular travel across EMAS education sites in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire.

We seek applicants who are passionate about vocational education, experienced in regulated delivery, confident in Ofqual frameworks, and motivated to support a dispersed, high-quality education service.

Main duties of the job

This is a particularly exciting period of development within EMAS Education, with increasing emphasis on supporting our educators to deliver and attain high-quality vocational qualifications across the organisation. You will need to be confident to teach and assess across the range of educational provision. The successful applicant will be supported by a team of peers and the Deputy Head of Education alongside the Head of Education.

It is extremely important that as a SCE that you build close relationships with the divisional management teams to ensure that learners are supported both within and outside of the education centres by both the education and operational management teams.

Due to recent developments within education, you must be confident to deliver blended learning and utilise online systems (for example MS Teams/virtual learning environments) to deliver taught content/sessions. You must also commit to developing blended content and support your team towards these competencies.

About us

About You

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

You will have a teaching, assessing and mentorship qualification withdemonstrable evidenceof work based teaching. You must be willing to undertake professional development.

Details

Date posted

26 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

335-A-1884

Job locations

EMAS Clifton Education Centre

Allied Health Professions Building, Clifton Lane

Nottingham

NG11 8NS


Job description

Job 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 education provision within divisions and associated education facilities

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

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

Job description

Job 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 education provision within divisions and associated education facilities

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

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

Person Specification

Professional

Essential

  • Evidence showing commitment to continual personal development
  • Level 5 Diploma in Education & Training or equivalent
  • Experience of Delivering Vocational Qualifications

Desirable

  • Minimum of 2 years clinical experience as a registrant
Person Specification

Professional

Essential

  • Evidence showing commitment to continual personal development
  • Level 5 Diploma in Education & Training or equivalent
  • Experience of Delivering Vocational Qualifications

Desirable

  • Minimum of 2 years clinical experience as a registrant

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

EMAS Clifton Education Centre

Allied Health Professions Building, Clifton Lane

Nottingham

NG11 8NS


Employer's website

https://www.emas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

EMAS Clifton Education Centre

Allied Health Professions Building, Clifton Lane

Nottingham

NG11 8NS


Employer's website

https://www.emas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Education

Nick Lambert

nick.lambert@emas.nhs.uk

07712237171

Details

Date posted

26 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

335-A-1884

Job locations

EMAS Clifton Education Centre

Allied Health Professions Building, Clifton Lane

Nottingham

NG11 8NS


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