Band 5 Educator/Mentor - Health Care Careers and Development

Job summary

Do you have a passion for education? Are you interested in making a long-lasting impact on someone's career and contributing to the future of healthcare? If yes, then the Health Care and Careers and Development Department (HCCD) at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) are looking for you!

HCCD has a purpose built training facility "The Learning Hub" based at our Queen Elizabeth Hospital site. We have a dedicated engagement team who are our first point of contact within the community and a delivery team that provides a range of employability based programmes and wrap around pastoral support for unemployed individuals who are interested in pursuing a career within the NHS.

As an Educator you'll play a crucial role in;

*Assessing client's individual needs and ensuring these needs are catered for in the service we provide

*Designing and delivering a range of employability and vocational programs that meet the needs of both our recruitment managers and clients accessing them.

*Offering individual mentoring support to clients who require additional help

*Completion of relevant paperwork and the update of internal databases in an accurate and timely manner

*Adhering to quality assurance and compliance measures

You'll also have the opportunity to work across the wider HCCD team where we have responsibility for the management of apprenticeships, work experience and staff development

For more information about the role, please contact Katie Parker at Katie.parker@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

Promote careers advice and guidance throughout the learner journey from point of engagement for all learners who want further progress with their development with the support of trained educators to help them to progress to their goals.

To maintain records (both electronic and paper based) from point of their expression of interest for of all learners who register with HCCD and are subsequently tracked and recorded at each stage of their journey.

To work collaboratively with Educators and Trust Leads to quality assure all interventions and training meets the requirements of funding providers or any other agencies as required.

From point of engagement the post holder will identify where pastoral support is required and be responsible for identifying learners who may need to undertake additional training such as functional skills, dyslexia, learning difficulties/barriers & liaise with the appropriate leads/educators to put place an action plans to support learners and review progress on a regular basis.

To contribute to the development of scheme of works and lesson plans, delivery and evaluation of programmes across the functions ensuring that there is consistency and standardised practice with external agency requirements.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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