Education and Development Coordinator

Job summary

The Education and Development Coordinator role is an exciting opportunity, supporting The Childrens Air Ambulance operational team to enhance and develop education whilst being involved in projects to further develop the lifesaving service.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, the role offers hybrid working whilst also visiting TCAA Air Bases, Clinical Partner Teams, and stakeholders.

The Education and Development Coordinator will support the training and development of bespoke TCAA training for operational staff along with the training provided to NHS teams, ensuring all the training materials are provided and maintained, meeting guidelines and regulatory requirements. Continually looking for areas to develop and improve to enable TCAA and CPTs to provide outstanding patient care.

In addition, the role will support with pioneering projects by liaising with key contacts, completing tasks and providing administrative support to achieve great things!

Main duties of the job

Purpose

To coordinator the training and development of TCAA operational staff along with Clinical Partner Teams (CPTs) who are NHS specialists in paediatric and neonatal transfers. The Education and Development Coordinator is a vital link between TCAA and CPTs to support the development of specialist clinical transfer teams, to enable the best possible patient care during TCAA transfers. The Education and Development Coordinator will also support with projects as allocated by the Head of Operations to improve and develop the TCAA operation. The position supports flexible working whilst frequent travel to TCAA sites, Clinical Partner Teams and stake holders will be required.

Relationships

Internal

The Education and Development Coordinator will work closely with the Head of Operations, Operations Manager, Learning & Development Lead, Airdesk Team Leader, Airdesk Coordinators, Crew Members, Pilots, whilst also supporting interdepartmental relationships with the wider charity functions as and when required.

External

The Education and Development Coordinator will work closely with Education Leads from Clinical Partner Teams (NHS specialist transport teams), regulating bodies, external stake holders and visitors to TAAS bases

About us

The Childrens Air Ambulance is a pioneering service, changing the face of paediatric and neonatal care through the high-speed transfer of critically ill babies and children flying them from one hospital to another for specialist care via the clinically designed helicopters which provide a flying intensive care unit for babies and children.

In 2023, TCAA transferred the highest number of patients in its ten years of service. Working alongside its 11 Clinical Partner Teams, the lifesaving service took to the skies 200 times - saving 296 hours 34 minutes of vital patient time being out of a hospital environment and 694 hours 54 minutes of valuable NHS clinicians time.

The charity also marked significant milestones as it undertook its first Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) transfer in 2023, which then led to a further three ECMO transfers. TCAA also launched Englands first incubator on a rotary-wing aircraft in December 2022.