Bank Contract - Assessor and Internal Quality Assurer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you passionate about developing people, maintaining high standards, and supporting excellence in healthcare practice?

Were looking for an Assessor & Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) to join our Clinical Training and Development team at Horder Healthcare. This is a rewarding opportunity to play a key role in supporting our clinical colleagues to achieve nationally recognised Health & Social Care qualifications.

Please note that this a bank contract.

What Youll Be Doing

• Assess learners through workplace observations, professional discussions and portfolio reviews.
• Provide constructive, developmental feedback to support learner progression.
• Monitor progress and support timely completion of qualifications.
• Carry out Internal Quality Assurance activities, including sampling and standardisation.
• Support assessors to maintain highquality assessment practice.
• Prepare documentation for External Quality Assurance (EQA) visits.
• Promote a positive, supportive learning culture aligned to our values.

What Were Looking For

Essential

• Experience working in a healthcare environment
• Level 3 (or above) Diploma in Health & Social Care
• Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (or equivalent)
• Level 4 IQA qualification (or working towards)
• Experience assessing Health & Social Care qualifications and supporting learners
• Strong communication, organisation and relationshipbuilding skills

Desirable

• Apprenticeship assessment experience (Health and Social Care)
• Experience using eportfolio systems (Learning Assistant)
• Teaching qualification (Level 3 AET or above)

Location: The Horder Centre, Crowborough, with occasional travel to other sites required.

Contract Type: Bank / Zero-Hours

Salary: up to £19.50 per hour, depending on experience 

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencing employment. We have assessed this role and it does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. As such, we will not be accepting any visa sponsorships for this role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK independently, without sponsorship from Horder Healthcare.

At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.

As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, any applicant upon an initial offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.

Person Specification

About You

Essential

• Experience working in a healthcare environment
• Level 3 (or above) Diploma in Health & Social Care
• Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (or equivalent)
• Level 4 IQA qualification (or working towards)
• Experience assessing Health & Social Care qualifications and supporting learners
• Strong communication, organisation and relationshipbuilding skills

Desirable

• Apprenticeship assessment experience (Health and Social Care)
• Experience using eportfolio systems (Learning Assistant)
• Teaching qualification (Level 3 AET or above)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Horder Healthcare

Address

Horder Healthcare

East Grinstead

TN6 1XP

Employer's website

https://www.horderhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)