Healthcare Tutor - Dublin

Healthcare Tutor

Competitive Salary - €35,000

(Travel within Leinster required) 

Elevation Training Ireland are providers of specialist training in the area of Healthcare, with particular expertise in supporting learners returning to education. 
In 2010, Elevation Training Ireland became a QQI accredited centre and since then have certified over 6000 learners in healthcare awards at Level 5. Elevation Training Ireland are also members of the Learning & Development Institute (L&DI) which allows them to keep up to date with best practice in education.

What you’ll do
Elevation Training has an immediate opening for a (part time/full time) tutor, based in Santry, Co. Dublin. The tutor will work with their students to help them understand the foundations of caring, develop their practical caring skills and become competent in the work of a healthcare support worker. Our learner cohort and our programmes require tutors who are adept at managing different learning styles while supporting and encouraging each individual to reach their own potential.
 
Our Team
The tutor will be joining a collaborative and enthusiastic team of tutors, administrators, management and quality professionals who are dedicated to providing a comprehensive and high quality education to our learners.
Together, the team will collaborate to maintain relevance within the programme content, assess student progress, and ensure that students are supported and well-prepared to enter the workforce as competent and compassionate healthcare professionals.

What can we offer you:

• Competitive Salary - €35,000
• Fuel Card
• Career Progression opportunities
• Work/Life Balance
• Annual Leave Increment with Long term service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bonus on achieved KPIs
• Training support
• Birthday Off!

Duties:

• Travelling to our training venues to deliver company training in line with current training plans.
• Assist with the scheduling, delivery, assessment, content and administration of all training.
• Deliver QQI training in line with current validation guidelines.
• Implement and review QQI Policies and Procedures e.g. ensuring the secure storage of portfolios, disseminating information on proper procedure for appeals, confidentiality of records etc
• Keep up to date with any information relevant to providers on the QQI website.
• Liaise with and assist Internal Verifiers and Tutors, to ensure that any new tutor is made aware of the Quality Assurance procedures and to ensure that all necessary documentation is made available to them.
• Submit all necessary work in line with QQI QA procedures to the timeframe as laid out by the Training and Learning Coordinator.
• Assist staff and Learners regarding any QQI queries.
• Assist with administration tasks relating to training courses.
• Provision of constructive feedback to learners.

Who are we looking for? Successful applicants will:

• Have a minimum of QQI Level 6 Train the Trainer or QQI Level 6 Training & Development Special Purpose Award and QQI Level 6 Manual Handling & Patient Moving Handling Instruction is essential
• Have a relevant health/social care/ nursing or other ancillary services background and must have care of the elderly experience.
• Be drivers with their own transport
• Qualified as a First Aid Instructor would be beneficial
• Be comfortable in an IT rich environment.
• Be pro-active individuals with strong communication, negotiation, creativity, problem solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Have excellent relationship building skills.
• Be a strategic thinker.
• Ensure attention to detail.
• Be performance orientated.
• Possess the ability to share knowledge.
• Be innovative.
• Be capable of working independently and have the ability to work under pressure
• Have solid verbal and written communication skills.

Elevation Training is an employer of equal opportunities. We celebrate diversity and know that it is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.