Job summary
The Kent Surrey and Sussex (KSS) Primary Care Clinical Workforce Development Lead is an important role to support the delivery of NHS England priorities across the corresponding ICBs as part of the South East Workforce, Training and Education (WT&E) Directorate. The role supports the creation of the right workforce to meet population health needs, through a transforming primary care landscape that includes integrated care partnerships and primary care networks.
Under direction of the KSS Primary Care Dean and Head of School of Primary Care the post-holder will act as a clinical lead across KSS. They will work with the corresponding training hub leads and embedded WT&E staff, being responsible for NHSE strategies offering operational leadership of primary care workforce programmes. The post-holder will work with the training hubs in support of their ongoing maturity and in relation to the Primary Care workforce plans being articulated by ICBs to deliver out of hospital care through multi professional expansion and integration.
The Primary Care Department aims to be an outstanding collaborative, compassionate, and inclusive primary care department that will enable the education and training, flourishing, growth, and sustainability of expert generalism and of the whole primary care workforce.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work with the Primary Care Dean and the Head of KSS School of Primary Care to ensure the delivery of an integrated workforce across a spectrum of those supporting healthcare provision in Primary Care.
The postholder will have responsibility for the promotion, co-ordination, provision, and management of multi-professional educational activities across Kent & Medway, Surrey Heartlands and Sussex Integrated Care Boards (ICB). They will provide leadership to the ICB based Locality Training Hub Workforce Development Leads in support of recruitment and retention initiatives.
In addition, the postholder will have responsibility as part of a regional WT&E South East Primary Care Team working closely with other leads and managers across the South East and nationally to reduce variation, build consistency and ensure a quality learning experience.
The postholder will provide leadership to Locality Training Hub Workforce Development Leads in the development of Training Hub maturity to support delivery out of hospital care through education and training for our multi professional workforce.
The postholder will participate in Regional and National NHSE WT&E programmes to develop and deliver new approaches in response to national mandates.
The successful applicant will be expected to be a registered healthcare professional with experience of educational leadership in a community or primary care setting and remain registered with a license to practice.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
The role will be expected to develop strong links with local systems. This will involve hybrid working with a minimum of 40% in person working alongside working from home using digital technology such as MS Teams.
Candidates invited to interview will be required to prepare and present a 5-minute presentation, the subject of which will be communicated on receipt of your application.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
The role will be expected to develop strong links with local systems. This will involve hybrid working with a minimum of 40% in person working alongside working from home using digital technology such as MS Teams.
Candidates invited to interview will be required to prepare and present a 5-minute presentation, the subject of which will be communicated on receipt of your application.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Provide and receive highly contentious, sensitive or contentious information from a range of senior stakeholders. Overcoming barriers and conflict to reach 'win-win' outcomes, responding to challenge constructively and diplomatically.
- Able to effectively manage a complex, completing and rapidly evolving set of work priorities.
- Capable of effective planning over long, medium and short-term planning horizon and with a high tolerance of uncertainty, ensuring the appropriate allocation of resources, early identification of risk.
- Able to evaluate and interpret a broad range of complex information sources on primary care education quickly, generating insight and taken an evidence-based approach to decision making in circumstances where there is contradictory opinions or a broad range of possible actions available.
- Ability to work and make decisions autonomously, guided by principles and broad policies/regulations and take action based on own interpretation and judgement.
Desirable
- Ability to rapidly establish academic credibility and lead for NHSE WT&E on partnership discussions with academic and training partners within the scope of nursing and support workers.
- Demonstrate leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary and community care setting.
- Experience of working with clinical staff in training in an educational context.
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team.
- Extensive knowledge of workforce development in healthcare to include workforce development approaches education development and commissioning.
- Experience of managing and delivering multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in rapidly evolving, political and high-pressure environments including effective management of risk.
Desirable
- Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare education.
- Awareness of funding streams for healthcare education.
- Understanding of current health, social care and education policies.
- Experience of the use of knowledge and information including the acquisition, organisation, and provision of the data.
- Knowledge of evaluation models and application to programme management.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional
- Master's qualification in a relevant field
- Extensive knowledge/clinical experience of primary care acquired through post registration education or equivalent experience.
- Relevant practice educator qualification.
Desirable
- Project management qualification
- Leadership training
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Provide and receive highly contentious, sensitive or contentious information from a range of senior stakeholders. Overcoming barriers and conflict to reach 'win-win' outcomes, responding to challenge constructively and diplomatically.
- Able to effectively manage a complex, completing and rapidly evolving set of work priorities.
- Capable of effective planning over long, medium and short-term planning horizon and with a high tolerance of uncertainty, ensuring the appropriate allocation of resources, early identification of risk.
- Able to evaluate and interpret a broad range of complex information sources on primary care education quickly, generating insight and taken an evidence-based approach to decision making in circumstances where there is contradictory opinions or a broad range of possible actions available.
- Ability to work and make decisions autonomously, guided by principles and broad policies/regulations and take action based on own interpretation and judgement.
Desirable
- Ability to rapidly establish academic credibility and lead for NHSE WT&E on partnership discussions with academic and training partners within the scope of nursing and support workers.
- Demonstrate leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary and community care setting.
- Experience of working with clinical staff in training in an educational context.
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team.
- Extensive knowledge of workforce development in healthcare to include workforce development approaches education development and commissioning.
- Experience of managing and delivering multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in rapidly evolving, political and high-pressure environments including effective management of risk.
Desirable
- Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare education.
- Awareness of funding streams for healthcare education.
- Understanding of current health, social care and education policies.
- Experience of the use of knowledge and information including the acquisition, organisation, and provision of the data.
- Knowledge of evaluation models and application to programme management.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional
- Master's qualification in a relevant field
- Extensive knowledge/clinical experience of primary care acquired through post registration education or equivalent experience.
- Relevant practice educator qualification.
Desirable
- Project management qualification
- Leadership training
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
