Andrea Macdonald

Andrea has worked in the NHS for over 25yrs as a registered Occupational Therapist, she is a certified Disability Management professional and previous finalist in the UK Advancing Healthcare Award for Workforce Innovation. As a Specialist Lead in Education Andrea has overseen the strategic development and delivery of a wide portfolio of employability and apprenticeship programmes promoting access, inclusion and opportunity to roles within the NHS. This has included developing and delivering an innovative programme for the first NHS Scotland Kickstart Scheme and the development of the first staff Youth Network. Andrea sits on a number of national strategic groups including the YPG employers group, SDS Public Sector Network Steering Group and NHS Scotland Employability and Apprenticeships Network.
Andrea Macdonald
Specialist Education Lead Workforce Development
  • Organisation
    NHS Lothian