Deputy Head of Education and Practice Development

Job description

Job 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

• 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

• 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

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

Skills, abilities and competencies

Essential

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

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

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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

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

James Paget University Hospital

Lowestoft Road

Gorleston

NR31 6LA

Employer's website

https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)