Job summary
We are looking for a proactive and strategically-minded individual for an exciting new role in the Workforce Development team. The post holder will be a key part of the strategic workforce planning for clinical apprenticeships across the organisation. This a key part of the clinical careers pipeline which strengthens the development, recruitment and retention of our workforce.
Main duties of the job
Working together with the Apprenticeship and Early Career Manager the post holder will provide expertise and clinical leadership to facilitate the development, delivery and monitoring of the Trust's clinical apprenticeship programmes. Reporting to the Associate Director of Clinical Workforce Development and working closely with the Practice Education Facilitators (PEFs) and wider Clinical Education Team the post holder will be responsible for developing the clinical apprenticeship strategy ensuring alignment with the Trust's strategic workforce plan and widening participation deliverables.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication and working relationships
- To work collaboratively with relevant Trust service leads; Clinical Education and Development team and system partners to ensure effective delivery of the organisations apprenticeship programme.
- Establish effective communication and engagement channels to ensure and promote awareness of apprenticeships; priorities and progress.
- Represent the Trust in external meetings relating to apprenticeships.
- Lead; manage and escalate where required issues raised by apprentices and managers.
- Support recruitment of apprentices in line with Trust policies and procedures and selecting the most appropriate training provider.
- Work with training providers to ensure quality of programmes.
- Working together with the PEFs provide support to managers where learners may need support; ensuring effective communication and liaison in a timely manner.
- To act as a role model and be a visible leader.
Main tasks
- Act as the Trust specialist clinical lead for all existing and future apprenticeship programmes.
- Initiate; oversee and support the Trusts clinical career pathway initiatives.
- Work with the Apprenticeship and Early Career Manager to establish a sustainable clinical workforce pipeline with a specific focus on T-levels and work experience placements.
- Working with the professional leads; lead the planning and implementation of all aspects of learning activity required by the apprentices.
- Develop and facilitate an apprenticeship network for learners.
- Effectively manage competing demands of the role
- Ensure effective governance of the management; development and uptake of clinical apprenticeships.
- Develop effective relationships with Higher Education colleagues and attend relevant university meetings
- Work collaboratively with system partners on the development and potential procurement of apprenticeship programmes.
- Work effectively with system partners ensuring that appropriate and timely placements are available.
- Ensure an effective cycle of learner evaluation is in place; completed and results acted on.
- Exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement. Make professionally autonomous decisions utilising knowledge and skills.
- Work as an innovator capable of leading changes in clinical practice and pioneering new frameworks to support practice and to increase the skills and confidence of practitioners.
- Participate in service and trust wide development to support management of change.
- Practice in accordance with your level of competency.
- Maintain own professional registration in accordance with relevant regulatory body standards.
- Demonstrate on going professional development.
Main responsibilities
- Develop a sustainable apprenticeship strategy in consultation with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
- Working collaboratively with apprenticeship providers be responsible for ensuring clinical apprenticeships are in line with professional standards.
- Be responsible for the oversight of learner progress and working with the PEFs support the development of any action plans; in addition identify themes and proactively manage them for future learners.
- Be responsible for robust and effective evaluation of clinical apprenticeship programmes to ensure quality and effectiveness.
- In line with the organisational workforce strategy be responsible for expanding high quality apprenticeships.
- Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the local and national apprenticeship agenda; acting as the Trust subject matter expert.
- Monitor the progress of all clinical apprentices ensuring managers and apprentices have up to date guidance on apprenticeship standards.
- Produce quarterly reports aligning levy spend; apprenticeship starts; apprenticeship completions; retention; apprenticeship workforce planning and progress.
- Maintain own clinical competency and awareness of professional issues.
- Monitor the characteristics of those undertaking apprenticeships, identifying opportunities to support EDI activities to widen participation from under-represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication and working relationships
- To work collaboratively with relevant Trust service leads; Clinical Education and Development team and system partners to ensure effective delivery of the organisations apprenticeship programme.
- Establish effective communication and engagement channels to ensure and promote awareness of apprenticeships; priorities and progress.
- Represent the Trust in external meetings relating to apprenticeships.
- Lead; manage and escalate where required issues raised by apprentices and managers.
- Support recruitment of apprentices in line with Trust policies and procedures and selecting the most appropriate training provider.
- Work with training providers to ensure quality of programmes.
- Working together with the PEFs provide support to managers where learners may need support; ensuring effective communication and liaison in a timely manner.
- To act as a role model and be a visible leader.
Main tasks
- Act as the Trust specialist clinical lead for all existing and future apprenticeship programmes.
- Initiate; oversee and support the Trusts clinical career pathway initiatives.
- Work with the Apprenticeship and Early Career Manager to establish a sustainable clinical workforce pipeline with a specific focus on T-levels and work experience placements.
- Working with the professional leads; lead the planning and implementation of all aspects of learning activity required by the apprentices.
- Develop and facilitate an apprenticeship network for learners.
- Effectively manage competing demands of the role
- Ensure effective governance of the management; development and uptake of clinical apprenticeships.
- Develop effective relationships with Higher Education colleagues and attend relevant university meetings
- Work collaboratively with system partners on the development and potential procurement of apprenticeship programmes.
- Work effectively with system partners ensuring that appropriate and timely placements are available.
- Ensure an effective cycle of learner evaluation is in place; completed and results acted on.
- Exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement. Make professionally autonomous decisions utilising knowledge and skills.
- Work as an innovator capable of leading changes in clinical practice and pioneering new frameworks to support practice and to increase the skills and confidence of practitioners.
- Participate in service and trust wide development to support management of change.
- Practice in accordance with your level of competency.
- Maintain own professional registration in accordance with relevant regulatory body standards.
- Demonstrate on going professional development.
Main responsibilities
- Develop a sustainable apprenticeship strategy in consultation with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
- Working collaboratively with apprenticeship providers be responsible for ensuring clinical apprenticeships are in line with professional standards.
- Be responsible for the oversight of learner progress and working with the PEFs support the development of any action plans; in addition identify themes and proactively manage them for future learners.
- Be responsible for robust and effective evaluation of clinical apprenticeship programmes to ensure quality and effectiveness.
- In line with the organisational workforce strategy be responsible for expanding high quality apprenticeships.
- Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the local and national apprenticeship agenda; acting as the Trust subject matter expert.
- Monitor the progress of all clinical apprentices ensuring managers and apprentices have up to date guidance on apprenticeship standards.
- Produce quarterly reports aligning levy spend; apprenticeship starts; apprenticeship completions; retention; apprenticeship workforce planning and progress.
- Maintain own clinical competency and awareness of professional issues.
- Monitor the characteristics of those undertaking apprenticeships, identifying opportunities to support EDI activities to widen participation from under-represented groups.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential
- Professional Registration - NMC/HCPC
- Educated to degree level
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Post registration leadership development
Desirable
- Post Graduate Certificate in Health and Social Care Education or relevant qualification in education or working towards/willing to undertake
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration clinical and leadership experience
- Experience in an education role
- Teaching/assessing/supervising/coaching experience
- Leadership and motivation skills
- Experience of collaborative working and learning
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Analytical skills and ability to analyse data
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in interdisciplinary working/communication
- Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
- Ability to manage a team
- Organisational and negotiation skills
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential
- Professional Registration - NMC/HCPC
- Educated to degree level
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Post registration leadership development
Desirable
- Post Graduate Certificate in Health and Social Care Education or relevant qualification in education or working towards/willing to undertake
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration clinical and leadership experience
- Experience in an education role
- Teaching/assessing/supervising/coaching experience
- Leadership and motivation skills
- Experience of collaborative working and learning
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Analytical skills and ability to analyse data
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in interdisciplinary working/communication
- Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
- Ability to manage a team
- Organisational and negotiation skills
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
