Career Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner in Chesterfield

To support the Career Development and Apprenticeship Team in the delivery and evaluation of the Care Certificate and Care Certificate Supervisor programmes to meet service priorities and quality standards. To deliver training on the level 2 and 3 healthcare apprenticeships. Being able to teach, assess in practice and mark work in line with apprenticeship standard requirements. To support with work experience programmes and provide pastoral support to candidates in practice including T levels and BTech students.

The successful candidate will have up to date experience in a hospital setting delivering care. A foundation degree in health or equivalent teaching qualification is required. They will have experience in delivering clinical education or have had a mentorship/supervisory role in practice. They will be familiar with the Care Certificate induction and its standards and be able to teach new support staff on induction to the hospital, including resuscitation and vital signs. Microsoft skills will be required to enable them to plan lessons and create PowerPoint presentations for teaching. Delivery of the level 2 and level 3 healthcare apprenticeship teaching and assessing will be part of this role so having the TAQA qualification would be essential.

Career Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner is an educational role within our organisation. Leading the Chesterfield Way supports the Trust’s priorities and ambitions and sets out the behaviours and characteristics that leaders are expected to adopt and that all staff can role model, to make the Trust an even better place to work; and to support the delivery of exceptional patient care. It provides a framework for leadership and supports individual progression through appraisal, career progression and personal development.

As a Career Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner you will use Leading the Chesterfield Way and its principles to:

• Inspire a shared sense of purpose – encouraging your team to take pride in what they do, improve the care and services they provide; and enable them to understand how they contribute to the success of the organisation.
• Lead with care - showing colleagues compassion and care by listening - and offering empathy and understanding to help create a supportive workplace.
• Evaluate and use information - be alert to what is happening around you; and evaluate the information you hear, receive or discover to take actions and decisions that improve both patient and staff experience.
• Work with others to connect services – using the opportunity to link up with different colleagues, leaders and partners, building relationships that can help everyone to deliver effective and efficient healthcare and services.
• Engage with your team - respecting every member of staff, valuing their diversity and making sure that every member of your team feels that their contribution is appreciated and valued.
• Hold yourself and others to account - be clear about what’s expected at work, giving honest feedback and acting quickly and fairly to support others who are struggling to meet expectations.
• Develop capability – take opportunities to develop your own skills, take-up training and education that will help you in your role and keep up-to-date with the essential training that applies to you.
• Influence what happens – by acting as an ambassador for the Trust, sharing good news and good practice with your team, contributing to debates, having a say and leading improvement – all ways of influencing what happens to our services in the future.

Qualifications

• Maths and English at GCSE GRADE C/4 or Level 2 Functional skills.
• Level 5 foundation degree in health or equivalent relevant teaching qualification.
• Teaching and assessing qualification for apprenticeships (TAQA).
• Care Certificate Supervisor or mentor.

Experience

• Recent acute clinical experience within a hospital setting.
• Ability to teach a skill.
• Supervision in practice.
• Clinical teaching experience.

Skills

• Sound presentation skills.
• Up to date knowledge of healthcare related conditions.
• Awareness of the Care certificate standards.
• Ability to teach.
• Ability to use Microsoft software to develop teaching resources e.g. PowerPoint presentations.
• Familiar with creating lesson plans.
• Able to give constructive feedback.

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly.