Job summary
The post holder will be responsible for practice education and development for Nursing, Midwifery AHPs, nursing associates across the Group. The post holder will work closely with the Lead Nurse for Professional Education and the wider education team on the professional education and transition to preceptorship agenda for MFT, to ensure the provision of high quality education and development, collaborating with higher education (HEI) partners to ensure MFT's professional requirements are reflected in their programmes for the registered and unregistered workforce.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide leadership and operational management to several practice education work streams and projects, with line management responsibility for members of the post-registration education team across identified hospital, manages clinical service (MCS) or local care organisations (LCO).
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Provide effective professional leadership and strategic direction in conjunction with the Lead Nurse for Professional Education.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with professional body (HCPC/NMC/GPHC)
- Graduate - health related studies
- Masters level qualification in related specialism or equivalent of relevant experience
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Qualified in speciality
Knowledge
Essential
- Develop and maintain effective communication and good working relationships with MFT Hospitals/MLCO/MCS, professional leads, HEIs, HEE, partners, stakeholders, etc.
- Provide expert knowledge of NMAHP programmes, the curricula, requirements of the regulator and how to create a culture of learning for learners
- Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS Policy.
- Provide, receive and present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, providing highly specialised advice regarding the relationship between preregistration education policy, strategy and processes and patient care.
- Plan and organise a broad range of projects, work streams and reports as and when required and appropriate.
- Plan and organise a broad range of projects, work streams and reports as and when required and appropriate.
- Ensure that projects, work streams and reports are delivered within the available resources and to the agreed timescales.
- Significant experience in a senior clinical position.
- Evidence of significant involvement in change management or service improvement.
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework
- Experience of effective multidisciplinary working, decision making and conflict resolution
- Experience in workforce planning.
- Project management skills
Skills an Abilities
Essential
- Ability to present in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
- Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
- Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
- Excellent organisational, time management and motivational skills in order to meet relevant timescales and deadlines.
- Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative.
- Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities.
- Microsoft office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Attributes
Essential
- Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
- Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences.
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds.
- Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences.
- Willingness to work across organisational and professional boundaries.
- Ability to write evidence-based reports
- Demonstrates the ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit, associated evaluation, action planning and feedback to relevant personnel.
- Evidence of involvement in research activity and implementing research recommendations
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Provide effective professional leadership and strategic direction in conjunction with the Lead Nurse for Professional Education.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with professional body (HCPC/NMC/GPHC)
- Graduate - health related studies
- Masters level qualification in related specialism or equivalent of relevant experience
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Qualified in speciality
Knowledge
Essential
- Develop and maintain effective communication and good working relationships with MFT Hospitals/MLCO/MCS, professional leads, HEIs, HEE, partners, stakeholders, etc.
- Provide expert knowledge of NMAHP programmes, the curricula, requirements of the regulator and how to create a culture of learning for learners
- Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS Policy.
- Provide, receive and present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, providing highly specialised advice regarding the relationship between preregistration education policy, strategy and processes and patient care.
- Plan and organise a broad range of projects, work streams and reports as and when required and appropriate.
- Plan and organise a broad range of projects, work streams and reports as and when required and appropriate.
- Ensure that projects, work streams and reports are delivered within the available resources and to the agreed timescales.
- Significant experience in a senior clinical position.
- Evidence of significant involvement in change management or service improvement.
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework
- Experience of effective multidisciplinary working, decision making and conflict resolution
- Experience in workforce planning.
- Project management skills
Skills an Abilities
Essential
- Ability to present in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
- Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
- Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
- Excellent organisational, time management and motivational skills in order to meet relevant timescales and deadlines.
- Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative.
- Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities.
- Microsoft office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Attributes
Essential
- Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
- Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences.
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds.
- Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences.
- Willingness to work across organisational and professional boundaries.
- Ability to write evidence-based reports
- Demonstrates the ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit, associated evaluation, action planning and feedback to relevant personnel.
- Evidence of involvement in research activity and implementing research recommendations
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
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).
