Education Director Nursing Midwifery and AHPs
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
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Job overview
Post title: Education Director, Nursing Midwifery and AHPs, Barts Health Education AcademyBand: 8d
Based: Education Academy, Royal London Hospital site (working across all sites is required)
A fantastic leadership opportunity has arisen to drive forward nursing, midwifery and allied health professional education and training for nursing, midwifery and AHPs (NMAHP) at Barts Health. Reporting to the Education Academy Managing Director, you will be the director lead to ensure NMAHP regulatory standards are met and for the effective delivery of the NHS Education Contract with NHS England.
With a team of over 60 staff, we are seeking a compassionate and inclusive strategic leader to provide expert advice and guidance to the Trust on nursing, midwifery and AHP education, and to ensure this is fully integrated with future hospital-based models of care and education strategies.
Proposed interview date - Friday 15^th August
Main duties of the job
You will have highly sophisticated partnering and customer care skills to forge close working relationships with group-level and hospital-based director teams, and external stakeholders and HEI partners. This will include providing expert educational delivery and professional knowledge of complex educational funding and pathways of care to non-clinical colleagues.
Forward thinking and innovative, the post holder will work closely with the Group Chief Nursing Officer and her team on planned changes to nursing, midwifery and AHP education, including workforce transformation, new funding and regulatory requirements and the implications for patient-centred care.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role also has lead responsibility for the delivery and quality assurance of a portfolio of high-quality education and training for the clinical non -registered workforce, allied health professionals and health care support workers.
In addition, the role also has responsibility for the operational delivery of Resuscitation and Manual Handling services in the Trust.
As a senior leader in the Academy you will play an integral role in setting the strategic direction and overall leadership for the Education Academy.
If you wish to discuss the post further, please contact Kieran Kelly, Managing Director, via email [email protected]
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Significant track record of senior level management experience gained in a complex acute hospital setting
- Experience in liaison and negotiation at organisational level internally as well as externally, with a range of stakeholders
- Evidence of leading and involvement in research and audit programmes to inform educational programmes and workforce development
- Evidence of strategy development and delivery of business planning to achieve strategic aims
Skills
Essential criteria- Demonstrable experience of managing a team of people working on complex projects to achieve a single goal
- Experience of managing complex change projects
- Experience of developing business cases for strategic workforce investment
- An understanding of the principles of procurement and contract negotiations and management of contracts.
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Awareness and experience of key NHS service strategy, modernisation, planning and delivery processes as these relate to commissioning and delivery of Education
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered Healthcare Professional in no-medical profession
- Masters Level Qualification or evidence of working towards
- Project management
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
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