East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
This role will support the delivery of the Trust's Workforce Development Plan specifically around driver education within the development pathways of new clinicians and delivery of the emergency response driving refresher programme to ensure compliance with legislation.
Our Location
This Driving Educator post is aligned to EMAS Education at Nottingham Trent University - Clifton Campus, in Nottingham. This is an attractive area to work in with competitive housing, a historic city, and attractive towns and villages nearby. Training delivery will generally be shared between Oak House and Clifton NTU Education Centres.
Main duties of the job
We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for an emergency response driver educator. The role of Driving Educator is an important role within EMAS Organisational Learning and contributes to the delivery of taught programmes, as well as supporting divisional-based development and annual educational updates.
About You
You will need to embrace the EMAS Trust values and be committed to developing and delivering high-quality education. You will be an experienced response driver holding IHCD or Level 3 CERAD qualification.
Our Programmes
This is a particularly exciting time in driver education, and EMAS have a range of students/learners accessing various recruit pathways such as Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP), Student Technician and Ambulance Support Crew programmes, along with Urgent Care Assistant and Patient Transport Programmes. We are also implementing a 5 yearly refresher programme for all emergency response drivers to ensure compliance with amendments to legislation. You will need to be confident to teach and assess across the range of driver training provisions.
Job responsibilities
Working within the Driver Education Team, your main roles will be:
1. Delivery of Level 3 CERAD courses in line with the awarding body's requirements.
2. Assessment of learners during the assessment phase of the Level 3 CERAD course.
3. Delivery of the Trust's 1-day emergency response driving refresher session in line with legislative requirements.
4. Complete post-accident support sessions as directed by a Driving Education Lead.
5. Take an active part in quality assurance activities including standardisation, peer and manager reviews.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Level 4 Diploma in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving Instruction (L4 DERADI).
* Emergency Driving Award (Police, Fire or NHS Ambulance).
* Assessing Award.
* Teaching Qualification (Award in Education and Training (L3)).
* Coaching qualification.
* Diploma in Education and Teaching (L5).
Experience
* Significant operational driving and instructional experience.
* Experience of delivering emergency driver training/assessment activities.
Knowledge
* Knowledge required to perform as an emergency Driving Educator, to include up-to-date knowledge of Driving Standards Agency driver training requirements, and Roadcraft.
* Working knowledge of the Section 19 codes of practice.
* Working knowledge of regulated qualification framework.
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.
Employer name
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address
Nottingham Trent University - Clifton Campus
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