Job summary
Hybrid working model - home and office based
The NHS Kent & Medway People and Culture directorate is
seeking an enthusiastic and experienced health professional with an interest in
developing and promoting practice education. This is one of three Project
Manager Placement Expansion posts, to develop placement capacity and quality
by utilising multiple models of supervision and technology and diverse
placements for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals.
You will work across organisational boundaries with other
members of the Education and Careers programme team and with provider
organisations in both health and care sectors such NHS Trusts, private, voluntary,
and independent sector providers to implement new and diverse models for
practice learning. You will also scope and evaluate placement capacity and
allocation models to ensure an equitable approach across the system.
Main duties of the job
The secondments will be until end of March 2025. Full and
part time hours, job share and those wishing to retain their clinical role for
part of their working week will be considered. Please contact the recruiting
manager to discuss this.
This is an excellent opportunity to use your leadership and
project management skills and to work on an exciting project for the Kent and
Medway Integrated Care System (KMICS). It is an ideal opportunity for somebody
to consolidate their skills and experience gained in an organisational role, in
a more strategic post and to develop experience of working across an integrated
care system (ICS) to deliver an innovative and important programme of work.
You will work as part of an experienced team and development
opportunities and coaching support will be made available to the successful
candidate.
About us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are
reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly
organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for
us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to
accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time
for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work
flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree
objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to
training opportunities.
We are committed to equal
opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our
population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the
community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual
orientation. If you would like this information in an alternative format, or in
a different language, please contact the HR team at kmicb.hr@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will oversee the development of a
multi-professional placement expansion programme for the Kent and Medway Integrated
Care System (KMICS), focused on increasing placement capacity, quality and
learner experience for the nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals.
Working with learning environment leads and practice education
facilitators, the post holder will provide a key link between operations,
students and education providers whilst maintaining a strategic role in
enhancing the quality of the learning environment for all health care learners
within Kent & Medway ICS, in partnership with NHS England WTE local
universities, and other local placement providers.
This post will evaluate capacity and allocation modelling to
ensure a fair and equitable approach and will also ensure placements are of a
high quality and sustainable. This post will also influence and organise the
development of high-quality placements/ learning environments by providing
support, educational and development activities for apprentices,
pre-registration students and associated mentors/educators.
The post holder
will support the People & Culture Programme Lead(s) to ensure that their
workstream/ programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in
assisting in their successful delivery.
Please refer to the job description for full details
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will oversee the development of a
multi-professional placement expansion programme for the Kent and Medway Integrated
Care System (KMICS), focused on increasing placement capacity, quality and
learner experience for the nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals.
Working with learning environment leads and practice education
facilitators, the post holder will provide a key link between operations,
students and education providers whilst maintaining a strategic role in
enhancing the quality of the learning environment for all health care learners
within Kent & Medway ICS, in partnership with NHS England WTE local
universities, and other local placement providers.
This post will evaluate capacity and allocation modelling to
ensure a fair and equitable approach and will also ensure placements are of a
high quality and sustainable. This post will also influence and organise the
development of high-quality placements/ learning environments by providing
support, educational and development activities for apprentices,
pre-registration students and associated mentors/educators.
The post holder
will support the People & Culture Programme Lead(s) to ensure that their
workstream/ programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in
assisting in their successful delivery.
Please refer to the job description for full details
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners, creating conditions for excellent partnership working.
- Highly developed organisational skills, ability to prioritise own workload effectively and support work planning across a team, working to tight, often changing timescales. As an additional, desirable criterion, recent line or matrix management experience.
- Ability to create and lead multi-disciplinary project teams or task and finish groups to support the delivery of shared objectives
- Ability to create concise but informative communications for a range of stakeholders such as information, advice and guidance, or teaching resources.
- Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Understanding the changing NHS environment and its impact on service, provision staff and patients.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered healthcare professional (NMC, HCPC) with additional specialist qualification or experience in relation to education and practice development.
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level qualification (or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area).
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of either, planning and organising pre-registration practice placements, or acting as a practice educator, supervisor or assessor, or acting as a legacy mentor in a health or care environment.
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as PRINCE2 or Managing Successful Projects (MSP).
- Significant experience of successfully operating in politically sensitive, complex and/or challenging environments with complex
- stakeholder management.
- Experience of managing and reporting risks.
- Experience of drafting written briefing papers, reports, or correspondence for a varied group of internal and external stakeholders at all levels. As an additional, desirable criterion, to include SMT level.
- Experience of creating and giving visual and oral presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of planning and delivering improvement projects, preferably involving practice education in a health or care setting.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners, creating conditions for excellent partnership working.
- Highly developed organisational skills, ability to prioritise own workload effectively and support work planning across a team, working to tight, often changing timescales. As an additional, desirable criterion, recent line or matrix management experience.
- Ability to create and lead multi-disciplinary project teams or task and finish groups to support the delivery of shared objectives
- Ability to create concise but informative communications for a range of stakeholders such as information, advice and guidance, or teaching resources.
- Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Understanding the changing NHS environment and its impact on service, provision staff and patients.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered healthcare professional (NMC, HCPC) with additional specialist qualification or experience in relation to education and practice development.
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level qualification (or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area).
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of either, planning and organising pre-registration practice placements, or acting as a practice educator, supervisor or assessor, or acting as a legacy mentor in a health or care environment.
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as PRINCE2 or Managing Successful Projects (MSP).
- Significant experience of successfully operating in politically sensitive, complex and/or challenging environments with complex
- stakeholder management.
- Experience of managing and reporting risks.
- Experience of drafting written briefing papers, reports, or correspondence for a varied group of internal and external stakeholders at all levels. As an additional, desirable criterion, to include SMT level.
- Experience of creating and giving visual and oral presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of planning and delivering improvement projects, preferably involving practice education in a health or care setting.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
