Job summary
Do you want to help develop and grow the next generation of carers, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, doctors, project managers, IT professionals?
Are you passionate about breaking down barriers and creating new ways to help people achieve their potential and build fulfilling careers?
Can you inspire others and bring people together to create new possibilities?
Then you could be One Devon's next T Level Industry Placement Co-ordinator!
One Devon are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to support the strategic and transformation development of T Levels within Health and Social Care across Devon. T Levels are technical qualifications for 16-19-year-olds with a minimum of 315 hours of Industry Placement to develop highly sought after health and social care ready skills. As the number of health and social care related professionals grows, it is now more important than ever to enable Devon's young people explore a career in health and social care through T levels and Industry Placements. This role will be critical in bringing educational and care providers together in Devon to create exciting, varied and accessible Industry Placements and T Level pathways.
Main duties of the job
The Industry Placement Co-ordinator (IPCO) will be embedded within Devon ICS Workforce, Learning and Education Team, reporting to the Learning, Education and Clinical Workforce Lead. You will support a range of priorities including Learning and Education, Attraction, Retention and Workforce Solutions and Workforce Strategy, to delivery the One Devon Strategic Long Term Workforce Plan and One Devon Learning and Education Strategy
We are seeking an individual who can raise the profile of T Levels within the Integrated Care System (ICS) and will be expected to manage relationships and dialogue with all T Level providers in the ICS footprint, complete tasks that support Industry Placements (IPs), ensure quality and consistency of IP delivery across the System, and share best practice
The post holder will establish a sustainable system-wide operational strategy for T Level engagement, develop accurate overview of the system's capacity to support IPs and create long-term processes integrated with the ICS' wider workforce considerations.
As IPCO you will work to improve local employer/provider relations and reduce administrative pressure through supporting development of role profiles, streamlining processes, induction activities, audits and quality reviews etc.
You will be expected to share best practice with Government and the wider sector as well as collaborating with the DfE through the production of case studies over the course of the project.
About us
NHS Devon Integrated Care System
As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable.
Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.
About NHS Devon
As part of the Devon ICS, NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is responsible for the majority of county's NHS budget, and develops a plan to improve peoples health, deliver high-quality care and better value for money. The organisation is led by a diverse board, with an aim to improve peoples lives in Devon wherever they live, to reduce health inequalities and make sure we can deliver these services for the long term.
For more information, visit our ICS website www.icsdevon.co.uk and our NHS Devon website www.devon.icb.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a secondment opportunity only and therefore you must already be working in the NHS to apply for this role. Please check with your employer on your eligibility before applying.
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
NHS Devon are in the high level planning stages of moving to a new central, single office based in Pynes Hill, Exeter in the Autumn of 2023. In anticipation of these accommodation changes, your contractual base is likely to be our new Exeter site, however this will be confirmed to you once we have further clarity on our new accommodation.
In the interim, you will temporarily utilise one of our existing office bases (primarily County Hall, Exeter), as agreed by the manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a secondment opportunity only and therefore you must already be working in the NHS to apply for this role. Please check with your employer on your eligibility before applying.
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
NHS Devon are in the high level planning stages of moving to a new central, single office based in Pynes Hill, Exeter in the Autumn of 2023. In anticipation of these accommodation changes, your contractual base is likely to be our new Exeter site, however this will be confirmed to you once we have further clarity on our new accommodation.
In the interim, you will temporarily utilise one of our existing office bases (primarily County Hall, Exeter), as agreed by the manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification
- Post Graduate level training or qualification in related subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Coaching, supervision or mentoring qualification or significant equivalent experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively with a range of employers, providers and stakeholders including national bodies, central government or equivalent
- Experience of managing placements including service level agreements, capacity management, quality assurance and audit, infrastructure and resource procurement
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
Desirable
- Experience of working in a similar role with a sound knowledge, experience and understanding of T Levels for employers, learners and educational providers
- Experience of working with young people and understanding the barriers and enablers to achieving on academic and industry programmes
- Understanding of the public sector, workforce planning and needs analysis
- Understanding of national governing body frameworks in relation to health and social care professional educational standards of practice and competence
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Desirable
- Experience of leading or chairing task and finish groups or similar working groups with proven track record of outcomes
- Experience of influencing and shaping programmes of change
- Reporting or leading competing priorities, accurately identifying key priorities and building project timelines according to internal and external time pressures
- Assessing and reporting/auditing against quality assurance processes, KPIs, RAG rating etc
- Experience managing large systems of change
- Experience of delivering large, complex projects connected to wider programmes of work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification
- Post Graduate level training or qualification in related subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Coaching, supervision or mentoring qualification or significant equivalent experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively with a range of employers, providers and stakeholders including national bodies, central government or equivalent
- Experience of managing placements including service level agreements, capacity management, quality assurance and audit, infrastructure and resource procurement
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
Desirable
- Experience of working in a similar role with a sound knowledge, experience and understanding of T Levels for employers, learners and educational providers
- Experience of working with young people and understanding the barriers and enablers to achieving on academic and industry programmes
- Understanding of the public sector, workforce planning and needs analysis
- Understanding of national governing body frameworks in relation to health and social care professional educational standards of practice and competence
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Desirable
- Experience of leading or chairing task and finish groups or similar working groups with proven track record of outcomes
- Experience of influencing and shaping programmes of change
- Reporting or leading competing priorities, accurately identifying key priorities and building project timelines according to internal and external time pressures
- Assessing and reporting/auditing against quality assurance processes, KPIs, RAG rating etc
- Experience managing large systems of change
- Experience of delivering large, complex projects connected to wider programmes of work
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.
