Job responsibilities
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This key role
is matrix managed between the Wigan Training Hub and Wigan Borough CCG Primary
Care team
The
successful candidate will focus on Primary Care and will specifically assist the
Head of Workforce Development and Learning and the Bolton and Wigan Locality Training
Hub Clinical Lead with the development and delivery of a series of Primary Care
workforce and training programmes that support sustainable and resilient
general practice.
GP
practices have come together to form Primary Care Networks, covering a
registered population of around 3050,000. Primary Care Networks provide the
basis for enabling general practice to work at scale; improving the ability of
practices to recruit and retain staff; to manage financial and estates
pressures; and to provide a wider range of services to patients. There are 7
Primary Care Networks across the Wigan borough which align with our Service
Delivery Footprints (SDFs).
Primary Care
Networks (PCNs) will become the vehicle for GP collaboration with partners who
have a stake in improving the health and wellbeing of the local population.
They provide the foundation for general practice to operate at the heart of our
integrated place-based health and care system which is central to our Wigan Locality
Plan.
Wigan Borough
has many practices accredited as learning environments and a track record of implementing
innovative workforce programmes to support general practice development. These
include the GP and Nurse Fellowship Schemes, the introduction of Community Link
Workers across the Borough and the delivery of innovative training programmes
for clinical and non-clinical staff.
As the Project Officer (Primary Care
Workforce and Learning), you will support the delivery of all Greater Manchester Training
Hub projects and core deliverables within the Wigan Borough, working directly
with the locality training hub clinical lead, clinical educators and locality
manager.
You will also
be responsible for updating and monitoring programme plans to ensure milestones
are achieved, whilst identifying and highlighting risks in an appropriate and
timely manner. You will also support the on-going development of the Primary Care
training programme and develop effective links with Primary Care Networks and
individual GP practices to increase awareness of opportunities.
Key Tasks
Assist with the delivery of a range of transformational workforce
and education programmes within Primary Care.
Co-ordinate, maintain and manage the Primary Care learning and
development programme calendar.
Working as part of the team, organise and co-ordinate a range of
training, conferences and educational events including organising venues,
participants, resources, and trainers.
Use varied mechanisms and initiatives to promote activities and
maximise engagement from Primary Care teams/staff across the Borough.
Monitor the level of Primary Care engagement in the locality and
GM wide training programmes whilst preparing and presenting reports on access,
evaluation, and outcomes.
Monitor and liaise with PCNs around the development of learning
environments, promote access to appropriate supervision and mentorship
courses and ensure their optimal utilisation across the Bolton and Wigan locality
Training Hub footprint.
Encourage participation in the training programmes and follow up
areas of low engagement to identify and understand the obstacles, to enable
the team to provide additional support where applicable to improve
engagement.
Assist in the collation of a register and the maintenance and
development of relationships with a range of reputable training providers, assisting
in the identification of opportunities for skills sharing and education
across the borough and wider stakeholders.
Support the implementation of the range of roles via the PCN DES
Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme and the utilisation of GP ready schemes
these roles my access.
Support workforce development and future workforce planning.
Work with Workforce Leads and locality clinical lead in securing
resource, planning, and responding to opportunities.
Work with PCN teams and Clinical Leads to gain an understanding
of the learning and development needs of the primary care workforce within
Wigan.
On an ongoing basis you will:
Maintain effective relationships with GP practices and PCN
leadership, the CCG Primary Care Team, Wigan Locality Training Hub Team.
Co-ordinate programme reporting arrangements and ensure projects
and identified PCN action plans are on track.
Project manage the delivery of sub projects, completing project
and action plans as required.
Co-ordinate and support the Primary Care Workforce and Education
group and associated subgroups.
Co-ordinate, support and administer the Locality Training Hub
Board.
Operate within GDPR guidelines by regularly reviewing data held
and destroying information in line with retention schedules.
Key relationships:
Wigan Locality Training Hub
team
CCG Primary Care Team
Workforce and Education
Leads
Primary Care Networks
Training organisations
GP Excellence
Health Education England
Pan GM and
NW Higher Educational Institutes
