Joint Care Sector Clinical Fellow

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 09 April 2025

Job summary

The Joint Care Sector Clinical Fellow (JCSF) is a new innovative role working between WWL NHS FT, Edge Hill University and the social care sector to support social care organisations to foster an inclusive learning environment that will promote diverse career pathways. The JCSF will support the development of blended roles and delegated tasks in social careand create a shared learning environment that benefits social care staff and learners. The JCSF will support nursing students and nursing associates in the social care and HEI setting providing a conduit for learning that spans across academia and social care.

Please Note: This role is PENDING AFC SALARY BANDING APPROVAL; therefore, salary cannot be fully confirmed until the Banding is approved.

Main duties of the job

Key requirements include:

Facilitating the development and ensuring a sufficient provision of educators / assessor / supervisors providing supervision and support structures, creating capacity, building capability, and ensuring consistency and efficiency within social care placement providers within the locality.

Structuring and coordinating interprofessional learning activity across social care placement providers(s) in collaboration with WWL and Edge Hill University.

Lead on the structuring, design and delivery of inter-professional learning in practice for healthcare learners and educators / assessors / supervisors across a range of social care providers.

About us

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Date posted

26 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rata (pending AfC Job Matching

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

302-25-7073668CPR

Job locations

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary & Edge Hill Ormskirk Campus

Trust Headquarters, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. Wigan Lane, Wigan, WN12NN

Wigan

WN1 2NN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Planning and Organisational Duties

Work in partnership with WWL, Edge Hill University and a range of social care providers in the delivery of multiprofessional development programmes for educators / assessors / supervisors in order to meet the learning needs of different professional groups across the social care sector.

Teaching, Learning & Scholarship

Effectively lead taught modules and contribute appropriately to programmes, taking a lead role in curriculum delivery and organisation, including teaching

Develop and use teaching and learning strategies across aspects of a course, which encourage student involvement and advances their independent learning, adapting delivery to suit students needs;

Communications & Key Working Relationships

Close collaborative working with WWL Practice Education Team to ensure quality, safety and consistency across the borough and shared learning and best practice. Also for peer support in role.

Act as an expert resource / Champion of Interprofessional Learning in Placement Provider/s.

Share best practice relating to Quality Assurance and Interprofessional Learning across social care sector

Research, Services & Project Management

Publish and disseminate the results of research in peer-reviewed journals or other appropriate outlets of recognised academic quality in line with area of expertise

Provide best practice advice in a clinical setting for educators and staff in relation to education in practice

Responsibility for Development, Innovation & Leadership

Network locally, regionally and nationally with peer group to support the sharing of best practice.

Seek to enhance the quality of education and provision by ensuring that high standards of teaching and learning are maintained on the relevant courses to which they contribute

Job description

Job responsibilities

Planning and Organisational Duties

Work in partnership with WWL, Edge Hill University and a range of social care providers in the delivery of multiprofessional development programmes for educators / assessors / supervisors in order to meet the learning needs of different professional groups across the social care sector.

Teaching, Learning & Scholarship

Effectively lead taught modules and contribute appropriately to programmes, taking a lead role in curriculum delivery and organisation, including teaching

Develop and use teaching and learning strategies across aspects of a course, which encourage student involvement and advances their independent learning, adapting delivery to suit students needs;

Communications & Key Working Relationships

Close collaborative working with WWL Practice Education Team to ensure quality, safety and consistency across the borough and shared learning and best practice. Also for peer support in role.

Act as an expert resource / Champion of Interprofessional Learning in Placement Provider/s.

Share best practice relating to Quality Assurance and Interprofessional Learning across social care sector

Research, Services & Project Management

Publish and disseminate the results of research in peer-reviewed journals or other appropriate outlets of recognised academic quality in line with area of expertise

Provide best practice advice in a clinical setting for educators and staff in relation to education in practice

Responsibility for Development, Innovation & Leadership

Network locally, regionally and nationally with peer group to support the sharing of best practice.

Seek to enhance the quality of education and provision by ensuring that high standards of teaching and learning are maintained on the relevant courses to which they contribute

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriately qualified nurse and or midwife with UK Nursing & Midwifery Council professional body registration to accompany this
A good relevant honours degree or equivalent qualification and experience of Higher Education learning.
Higher Education (HE) teaching qualification
Advance HE Fellowship, or commitment towards.

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of innovative undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in higher education
Experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries.
Practical experience of facilitating change
Proven ability to support the diverse academic and personal needs of individual students.
Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector.
Evidence of research publication activity in peer reviewed research journals for those with significant responsibility for research
Evidence of having developed successful networks with colleagues, students and external stakeholders.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Broad range of post qualifying clinical experience and record of successful engagement with professional development opportunities.
Successful record of having developed and used to good effect, flexible and innovative approaches to the design and execution of teaching, learning and assessment.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Enthusiasm
Commitment
Team working
Good interpersonal skills
Flexibility and adaptability

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriately qualified nurse and or midwife with UK Nursing & Midwifery Council professional body registration to accompany this
A good relevant honours degree or equivalent qualification and experience of Higher Education learning.
Higher Education (HE) teaching qualification
Advance HE Fellowship, or commitment towards.

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of innovative undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in higher education
Experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries.
Practical experience of facilitating change
Proven ability to support the diverse academic and personal needs of individual students.
Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector.
Evidence of research publication activity in peer reviewed research journals for those with significant responsibility for research
Evidence of having developed successful networks with colleagues, students and external stakeholders.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Broad range of post qualifying clinical experience and record of successful engagement with professional development opportunities.
Successful record of having developed and used to good effect, flexible and innovative approaches to the design and execution of teaching, learning and assessment.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Enthusiasm
Commitment
Team working
Good interpersonal skills
Flexibility and adaptability

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

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).