Deputy Head of Education and Practice Development

Job Overview

18 Month Fixed Term / Secondment Opportunity

The role of the Deputy Head of Clinical Education & Practice Development is to work across the clinical divisions and the organisation, to assist in leading on the practice development, education and quality agenda and, using highly developed specialist knowledge from theoretical and experiential sources.

Main duties of the job

• Accountable for budgets within the Education and Library team i.e. uniforms, stationary, overtime.
• Help assist the HOCE to roll out the Trust Education Strategy, for all non-medical staff. Meeting service and individuals needs and ensuring links with the providers of education and other professional bodies.
• Responsible for leading and managing the co-ordination of specific training in line with local and national requirements, trust guidelines and competencies under the guidance of HOCE.
• Responsible and lead/chair clinical skills group for all new techniques in the organization.
• Provides expert advice and specialist knowledge to all areas of the trust for nonmedical education and practice development.
• Monitor standards for education and practice development.
• Responsible for analysing data for educational audits, research and feedback.
• Reporting trends and reports across organisation, involving complex analysis and subsequent development of relevant business plans.
• Responsible and accountable for trust-wide compliance with the NMC, HCPC standards in relation to pre-post registration education under the guidance of HOCE.

Working for our organisation

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To work collaboratively with the medical education lead to ensure all opportunities for multi-professional developments are maximised.
• Ensure that there is a high-quality provision of non-medical education within the trust.
• To promote high quality clinical learning environment.
• To share good practice across the profession, in relation to the development of the clinical learning environment.
• Ensure standards and objectives of educational contracts are met.
• Provide leadership and act as a role model to nursing including advice on professional nursing issues at both local and national levels. Providing direction guided by national regulatory framework.
• Lead and manage appropriate projects relating to the provision of education aiming to enhance clinical practice and patient care.
• Lead and encourage multi-disciplinary collaborative working dealing with resistance to change in a positive and productive way.
• Act as an effective role model for the profession, develop own credibility, through demonstrating of consistent high standard of nursing care.
• Lead, manage, motivate and develop staff to ensure staff has high levels of morale.

Person specification

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Professional
• Hold a degree in their professional discipline
• Teaching/Mentorship Qualification
• Evidence ongoing personal development
• Master’s qualification or equivalent experience

Experience And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Demonstratable experience of improving service change within a highly complex scale health organisation
• Evidence of developing, implementing and monitoring educational programme in a healthcare organisation
• Proven ability to analyse highly complex problems and to develop successful practical and workable solutions
• Evidence of ability to lead, motivate and influence individuals both within the Trust and outside organisations

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in an acute healthcare setting
• Experience of education commissioning

Essential Criteria

Skills, abilities and competencies

• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills
• Proven changes management skills
• Proven leadership
• IT skills, PowerPoint

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England’

Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.

Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.

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