Immersive Learning Technologist

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
**We are looking for an Immersive Learning Technology Officer (ILTO) to lead the successful deployment and early adoption of new immersive learning/extended reality (XR) technologies including virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, 360 and 180 filming and simulation.**

**Main duties of the job**:
This post will include several key duties or responsibilities:

- Review current systems and present ideas for system improvements, including cost proposals.
- Be the authoritative expert on XR systems and support best practices on maintenance, security, troubleshooting, monitoring and backups.
- Manage the XR infrastructure, hardware, and its environment.
- Manage the successful and appropriate deployment of XR equipment.
- Nurture key relationships with senior and non-senior individuals to help forge and maintain networks.
- Co-ordinate and facilitate best practices in the use of the immersive space(s) with educators and various multi-professional groups.
- Develop and promote models to support innovation in learning with the use of immersive technologies.
- Support the maintenance and management of immersive space(s) in education at the NCA.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge.

At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Knowledge and skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to install, monitor, administer and support XR systems.
- Effective organiser, influencer, and networker.
- Able to work in teams, build relationships, handle conflict, and communicate technical complex; sensitive information to large and influential groups clearly to non-technical audiences at senior executive level.

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of research and development on emerging trends, best practice, and products available in the market relating to software delivery to support the needs of customers and users.
- Familiarity and direct experience of working in an educational context in healthcare with simulation or immersive learning technologies.

**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent qualifications with substantial experience in an I.T. role.
- Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy skills or equivalent (e.g., GCSE A-C).
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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