Band 8a Lead Educator-Pre-Registration Education
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Do you have a passion for undergraduate students with drive and innovation to shape the future of pre-registration education? Do you have a reputation for implementing innovative and creative supervision models in health care placement settings for the development of our future workforce? Do colleagues emulate your professionalism and motivation for teaching and supporting students in the clinical area? Do students remember you as a positive role model who has shaped their career in delivering high quality care? If so, please join our Practice Placement Team at UHB, within our School of Nursing, AHP & Midwifery where Quality and Safety of patient experience is at the centre of everything we do!
We are looking for someone with demonstrable leadership and management experience regarding undergraduate healthcare students, who can lead the way in creating dynamic, high quality clinical learning environments for our non-medical pre-registration students, including implementation of our Award-winning Learner Led Clinical Learning Environments, Dedicated Education Hubs and other projects.
As a leader and role model, you will have managerial responsibility for a team of skilled Practice Placement Managers to ensure implementation and delivery of quality patient care through teaching, assessing and supervision of Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors, which supports recruitment/retention of graduates into the workplace in line with the NHSE LTWP with UHB as an employer of choice.
Main duties of the job
This post is integral in providing senior leadership and management for the Practice Placement Team and to provide input into placement projects such as the Learner Led Strategy. Under supervision of the Head of Pre-registration, you will be responsible for :-
*Senior oversight of day-to-day management of the Practice Placement Team
*Shaping and supporting inter-disciplinary models of practice learning, creating new placement opportunities and increasing student capacity
*Monitoring team/placement quality standards and Key Performance Indicators to enhance student satisfaction and learning experiences alongside NMC, NHSE and CQC requirements
*Ensuring organisational readiness for providing practice supervision and assessment, to develop competent practitioners who are fit for practice
*Working collaboratively with our local AEI partners and BSol ICB/ICS organisations, in delivering the NHSE LTWP priorities.
We are interested in candidates who have a genuine interest in non-medical pre-registration students and implementation of innovative practice. You need to be a registered practitioner with extensive experience working with undergraduate health care students, sound knowledge of local HEI placement processes, the NMC Standards for Supervision and Assessment, and an up-to-date Practice Assessor. You should have extensive recent experience/knowledge of pre-registration education policy and undergraduate student curriculums and be prepared to work flexibly across our 4 sites.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Date posted
06 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
304-56800YS
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer's website
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