Job summary
At the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), we are committed to providing exceptional education and learning opportunities for our workforce. We are seeking a passionate and skilled Senior Clinical Learning Manager to provide leadership and expertise across the trust for all aspects of clinical learning activities.
This role focuses on the Continued Professional Development (CPD) offer to operational staff. Ensuring consistency and quality by providing leadership and guidance to those delivering the education.
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic professional who will provide effective clinical oversight of the broad range of education and learning activities with experience of design and implementation of clinical training programmes that support the professional development of the trust's clinical workforce. The postholder will also be responsible for monitoring, quality assurance and standardisation of programme across the NWAS footprint.
The ideal candidate will have experience of collaborative working with clinical leadership teams, training departments and external partners. An understanding of national standards, regulatory requirements and best clinical practice will be essential.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will play a key part in the CPD journey of operational staff. At times focusing on clinical updates, changes in practice, policies or procedures. This will require working with subject matter experts, external partners and operational leadership teams. By proactively identifying and addressing challenges, you'll help create a nurturing, inclusive learning environment that fosters transformational learning experiences. You'll also champion a teaching culture of innovation, experimentation, and impactful learning.
There will be a requirement to manage funding for a variety of CPD activities, ensuring that all financial activities are managed in accordance with the Trusts standing financial instruction. Oversight of clinical learning and development across a wide range of CPD resources will be required, including providing support to clinical leadership teams to deliver CPD activities.
Finally, the candidate will be required to maintain their paramedic registration with the HCPC by completing clinical shifts as agreed with the Consultant Paramedic (CP) for education, this will include a form of contact shift with the CP.
About us
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.
Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed.We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.
Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.
We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This advert will close on 9th March.
NWAS is committed to employing compassionate, inclusive adaptive leaders. We offer a dynamic recruitment process, enabling applicants to work together, be at their best to make a difference, in line with our Trust values and leadership philosophy.
As part of the recruitment process, if you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to take part in a Be Think Do Assessment Centre. This may include completion of a situational judgement assessment, completion of group activities, followed by a professional discussion.
Applicants are requested to be available on Wednesday 9th April for the assessment centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This advert will close on 9th March.
NWAS is committed to employing compassionate, inclusive adaptive leaders. We offer a dynamic recruitment process, enabling applicants to work together, be at their best to make a difference, in line with our Trust values and leadership philosophy.
As part of the recruitment process, if you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to take part in a Be Think Do Assessment Centre. This may include completion of a situational judgement assessment, completion of group activities, followed by a professional discussion.
Applicants are requested to be available on Wednesday 9th April for the assessment centre.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal skills with ability to develop positive working relationships at all levels (internally/externally)
- The confidence to challenge existing practices and to lead initiatives for new and efficient use of resources
- Able to communicate highly complex and highly sensitive information to staff at all levels of the organisation and externally and in a confident and professional manner.
- Ability to negotiate and influence persuasively, to command confidence and respect internally and externally.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, reasoning and decision-making.
- Ability to design and implement changes to implement improvements
- Ability to design and facilitate a wide range of learning opportunities to a diverse learning community.
- Demonstrable compassionate and inclusive leadership with a collaborative leadership style which enables others to shine
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree or equivalent education/experience. (Must be willing to work towards a qualification of this level where not in place).
- Registered HCPC Paramedic, with degree level clinical education.
- Education/learning qualification
- Hold a level 6/7 module related to mentoring learners in practice (or willing to work towards)
- Effective knowledge of clinical practices and understanding of impact of changes on staff competency
- Hold a full driving licence.
- Exhibit strong skills in teaching, leadership and problem solving.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a clinical role, with developed knowledge of pre-hospital and emergency/urgent care practice
- Design and delivery of education and learning activities in a work-based context, with evidence of positive impact on learners across a broad range of learning programmes.
- Experience supporting learners as a practice educator, with evidence of mentoring students, assessing competencies, providing feedback, etc
Vaules and behaviours
Essential
- Working together - demonstrate collaborative and inclusive working and challenge behaviour that is not inclusive or acceptable
- Being at our best - professional and adaptable and takes pride in work
- Making a difference - act with compassion, kindness and integrity towards everyone
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal skills with ability to develop positive working relationships at all levels (internally/externally)
- The confidence to challenge existing practices and to lead initiatives for new and efficient use of resources
- Able to communicate highly complex and highly sensitive information to staff at all levels of the organisation and externally and in a confident and professional manner.
- Ability to negotiate and influence persuasively, to command confidence and respect internally and externally.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, reasoning and decision-making.
- Ability to design and implement changes to implement improvements
- Ability to design and facilitate a wide range of learning opportunities to a diverse learning community.
- Demonstrable compassionate and inclusive leadership with a collaborative leadership style which enables others to shine
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree or equivalent education/experience. (Must be willing to work towards a qualification of this level where not in place).
- Registered HCPC Paramedic, with degree level clinical education.
- Education/learning qualification
- Hold a level 6/7 module related to mentoring learners in practice (or willing to work towards)
- Effective knowledge of clinical practices and understanding of impact of changes on staff competency
- Hold a full driving licence.
- Exhibit strong skills in teaching, leadership and problem solving.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a clinical role, with developed knowledge of pre-hospital and emergency/urgent care practice
- Design and delivery of education and learning activities in a work-based context, with evidence of positive impact on learners across a broad range of learning programmes.
- Experience supporting learners as a practice educator, with evidence of mentoring students, assessing competencies, providing feedback, etc
Vaules and behaviours
Essential
- Working together - demonstrate collaborative and inclusive working and challenge behaviour that is not inclusive or acceptable
- Being at our best - professional and adaptable and takes pride in work
- Making a difference - act with compassion, kindness and integrity towards everyone
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.
