Job responsibilities
The
post holder will be responsible for the management of training and education
across the Pathology CSU (Aprox 750 FTE).
This will include programmes for Healthcare Science, Biomedical Support
Worker and A+C staff, thethe individual will also build up relationships with
their counter parts across WYAAT, and inparticular the proposed New Pathology
Partnership (NPP) between LTHT, Calderdale Fundation and Mid-Yorkshire Trust in
preparation of further service consolidation, and harmonisation of training
practices.
The
post holder will be responsible for liaising and working with colleagues across
other Trusts and CSUs within Leads where the Health Care Science Workforce is
deployed to ensure the sharing of best practice and educational resources.
JOB
DIMENSIONS
Co-ordination and delivery of
education and training for the CSU
Work in partnership with key
stakeholders to develop, support and share educational resources
Utilise HEE educational resources to
support the development of staff
Highlight and utilise other sources
of funding for the training and development of staff (e.g. Leeds Hospital
Charities, IBMS funding)
Work with providers of futher and
highier education to support to ensure cources and stuents meet the need of
Pathology.
The post holder will be expected to take a collorate
in delivering these aims across the network, and will liase closely with their
counterparts at NPP and WYAAT trusts. The postholder will be a member of theCSU
operations group and will contribute to the overall development of the
programme and provide educational advice to the senior leadership team,
incliding the Triumverate.
KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Qualifications
Professional registration
(NMC/GMC/HCPC)
Recognised teaching/assessing
qualification
First Degree Education (essential)
Masters Level Degree Education
(desirable)
Experience
Significant experience at senior
level
Evidence of ongoing professional
development
Delivery of education and training
within the work area, including innovative learning and teaching styles to
enhance performance
Clinical audit and standard setting
Evidence of successful management of
change
Skills
Influencing and negotiation skills
Communication
Leadership
Teaching and Assessing
Facilitation skills
IT skills
Presentation skills
Recruitment and Selection
Knowledge
Current issues in healthcare
Current issues within education
Standards of professional practice
Clinical & Quality Governance
Frameworks and application
Personal
Attributes
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to monitor, maintain and
improve service delivery
Innovator
Enthusiastic motivator
Assertiveness
Flexibility, adaptability and capable
of lateral thinking
CORE
BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
The
post holder will be responsible for ensuring that evidence based best practice
ideas are spread and shared both within the Trust and partner organisations.
In
co-ordinating the work of an education team, the post holder will need to
liaise with and engage with a cross section of staff disciplines nurses,
clinicians, directors, managers, laboratory and administration staff, to
deliver measurable outcomes.
The
post holder will contribute to a sharing network through training and
publication of education tools, techniques and initiatives. This will ensure
routine and rapid communication of developments, ideas, success stories and
opportunities for staff development
internally and externally.
The
post holder will participate in working parties which propose changes to local
and national strategies for education in Healthcare and Clinical Sciences and will support the implementation of these
changes.
The post holder will have regular contact with staff
across the Trust, other CSUs, patients, carers, Department of Health and other
Acute
Trusts
and must always behave in an appropriate and polite manner, working
collaboratively and having the knowledge to know where the boundaries of
confidentiality lie.
The
post holder will demonstrate a flexible approach to testing new ideas, tools
and techniques in order to ensure that the team is innovative and able to
continually refine their approaches to reflect and develop leading edge
education practice.
CORE
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The
post holder must have an understanding of educational planning, delivery and
evaluation and associated challenges. It is essential that they have knowledge
and understanding of the NHS Constitution and NHS Improvement goals and
policies, the NHS modernisation agenda, the wider health economy and Insight
into the hierarchy of the NHS structure, national and local targets. The
postholder will be expected to understand the transformation objective of the
national genomics programme and the key importance of education in delivering
this agenda.
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Lead the delivery of education and
training across the Pathology CSU
Chair the Pathology Training and Development.
Contribute to the planning, delivery
and evaluation work as a member of the Pathology operations, and Trust wide
Healthcare Scientist EducationGroup. Utilisation of their education and
training knowledge and experices to formalise education and training strategies
in retention and recruitment of staff.
Undertake a training needs assessment
(TNA), in collaboration with local education partners of staff across the CSU,working with NPP and
WYATT partners , including formal educational profiling of individuals, focus
groups and surveys
Plan, develop, implement and monitor
education strategies to address the requirements of the TNA for Pathology at
LTHT
Work with the clinical director and
Head of Profession of the Pathology CSU to establish and maintain a database of
educational development and needs of staff to facilitate accurate targeting of
educational opportunities and research fellowships
Co-ordinate local access and
appropriate allocation of places across the CSU and working ocollborativeley
with WYAAT Partners to secure HEE
education and other resources and applications to nationally delivered
workshops and programmes
Co-ordinate the development,
implementation, evaluation and reporting of education materials for patients
and the public around pathological sciences
Co-ordinate patient and public access
to HEE education resources
Organise, co-ordinate and deliver
local partnership training with NPP partners
Develop and support nursing, medical
and laboratory staff to deliver local partnership concerning pathological
sciences
Working with Organisation Development
in the procuction and support of training programmes relevenant to the
Pathology CSU staff
Organise and disseminate the
utilisation of HEE educational resources, including targeted educational
resources. Co-ordinate and organise access to individuals or areas of national
expertise for staff.
Share best practice and expertise
across the WYAAT and NPP network and across the HEE education and training
network
Work with the HEE Education Programme
team on the transformation evaluation projects and establish local systems to
measure the impact of interventions
Work
with local and national education teams to develop,deliver
and evaluate educational programmes and workshops for managers and
commissioners of services.
Work with the HEE Education Programme
team to develop resources, and provide support and expertise for their
planning, commissioning and implementation across the education and training
system
Oversight and leadership of the
on-going implementation ProfilerLive training system across the CSU, supported
from a technical standpoint by Pathology IT.
