Training and Education Lead - Pathology (XN08)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for training and development to join the Pathology CSU Management Team as Pathology Training Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity and gain experience working with the CSU leadership team in Pathology at Leeds, the specialisms within the CSU and external providers of education and training.

This rewarding role offers the exciting opportunity to promote and develop the learning culture within Pathology. The Pathology CSU is going through a time of significant change as we develop a brand-new facility, introduce new regional IT systems and further develop plans to work more effectively with our partners in nearby Trusts. High quality staff training and development is crucial to support these changes.

Ideally the individual will have awareness of, and access to a diverse range of training allows us to offer the best development opportunities for our teams. This rewarding role and is key to coordinating these training opportunities and in promoting the learning culture within Pathology.

Please see job description attached for more detail regarding role and responsibilities.

Please see our exciting service on:- Pathology (leedsth.nhs.uk), especially our experience pathology web page Experience Pathology Virtual Open Day (leedsth.nhs.uk)

If you would like further information about this post, please contact Stephen Stephenson - Head of Profession - stephen.stephenson@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the management of training and education across the Pathology CSU (Approx. 750 FTE). This will include programmes for Healthcare Science, Biomedical Support Worker and A+C staff, the individual will also build up relationships with their counter parts across WYAAT, and in particular the proposed New Pathology Partnership (NPP) between LTHT, Calderdale Foundation 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.

Key responsibilities of the post holder:

Work with the Head of Profession, Deputy Head of Profession

Profession, Pathology Training & Development Group and Pathology Quality Lead to facilitate and implement pan-CSU workforce development strategy

Support departmental Training Managers in the development and maintenance of training and competence assessment processes, including the new training and competency system - Profiler Live

Represent Pathology throughout internal and external education and training networks

Develop and secure funding sources to support staff training and development

About us

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Be proactive

Be a positive thinker who is self directed and has the ability to motivate others

Be flexible, honest and have integrity

Have understanding, agreement and commitment towards helping the organisation achieve its goals as required

Demonstrate diversity in their approach to achieving continual service improvement

Maintain confidentiality of Trust, staff and patient information.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted

19 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-PATH-346

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 Education Group. Utilisation of their education and training knowledge and experience 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 collaboratively 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 production and support of training programmes relevant 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.