Driving Education Lead

Job summary

Ready to Make a Real Impact in Emergency Response?

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) is on the lookout for an experienced Emergency Response Driver with a passion for education and leadership. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and want to help shape the future of ambulance driving, we want YOU!

We're offering a unique opportunity for a skilled driver--especially those with team leadership experience to take the next step in their career as a Driving Education Lead. In this exciting role, you'll play a key part in developing and delivering top-tier driver education, ensuring our teams are trained to the highest standards of safety, professionalism, and expertise.

Are you ready to lead, inspire, and help define the future of ambulance driving?

Join us and make a lasting difference!

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.

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 Rosing's 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.

Date posted: 04 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 24 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 335-A-1692-A

Job locations: Various

Lincoln, LN6 3LH

Job description Job responsibilities

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

• Level 4 Diploma Emergency Response Ambulance Driving Instructor or other Emergency Service equivalent
• 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

• Educated to degree level or evidence of working at that level
• Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training

Experience Essential

• Experience of delivering driving education preferably in the emergency services sector
• Experience of working in learning and development

Desirable

• Experience of leading a team of driving educators, ideally within an emergency service
• Minimum of 2 years operational experience in an emergency service

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 details

Employer name: East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address: Various, Lincoln, LN6 3LH

Employer's website: https://www.emas.nhs.uk/