Job summary
Our work environment is demanding, high intensity and rewarding in equal measure and spans four Integrated Care Systems requiring a high degree of resilience and a commitment to collaborative working both within and outside the Trust.
As Chief Paramedic Officer you will provide expert leadership, professional advice, strategic clinical advice, and advocacy in consideration of matters regarding quality and safety matters relating to paramedicine.
A vital focus for the role will be the delivery of a positive culture across the Trust underpinned by our values.
Working with your Chief Medical Officer and Director of Quality and Nursing colleagues, you will lead professional standards across the Trust and ensure paramedics, ambulance clinicians, AHPs and our managers and people have access to world-class training, education, and professional development.
As executive director responsible for Trust wide education and organisational learning you will define and embed our vision for excellence and evidence-based learning across all staff and leadership groups for training and education.
NOTE: the Trust is in a period of transition and has an ambition to establish clinical leadership for its delivery functions. As Chief Paramedic Officer you will champion and take an active leadership role in this future model.
Main duties of the job
Key Outputs and deliverables in your first 12 months
- Clinical and leadership education strategy
- Review and redesign the function Operating Model to establish and embed the work of the Directorate at the heart of the organsiation
- Working with executive colleagues set out a roadmap for the Trust's sustainable culture transformation programme and deliverables role-modelling collaborative and inclusive ways of working
Please review the candidate application pack and job description for further information.
About us
- NHS employees will be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme
- A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing with service.
- Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
- Childcare voucher scheme.
- Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
- Access to our award-winning Wellbeing services
- Access to occupational health and counselling services.
- Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What youll bring as essential
- Registered Paramedic professional
- Masters Degree
- Significant post registration experience and evidence of continuous professional development
- Robust understanding of the operation of a unitary Board with significant exposure to Board and sub-committee working
- Demonstrable experience as a senior leader delivery change and transition whilst maintaining high clinical and operational safety and standards
- A track record of direct responsibility for budgets and teams, adept at delivering high quality services whilst balancing service and financial pressures
- Experience of developing the services of an organisation to deliver long-term sustainable and customer focused provision
- Strong educational skills and an understanding of educational policy and research and deep understanding on how to effectively train, educate and effectively evaluate educational initiatives
- A supportive, nurturing, and facilitative approach to the portfolio that allows others to come forward and succeed
Job description
Job responsibilities
What youll bring as essential
- Registered Paramedic professional
- Masters Degree
- Significant post registration experience and evidence of continuous professional development
- Robust understanding of the operation of a unitary Board with significant exposure to Board and sub-committee working
- Demonstrable experience as a senior leader delivery change and transition whilst maintaining high clinical and operational safety and standards
- A track record of direct responsibility for budgets and teams, adept at delivering high quality services whilst balancing service and financial pressures
- Experience of developing the services of an organisation to deliver long-term sustainable and customer focused provision
- Strong educational skills and an understanding of educational policy and research and deep understanding on how to effectively train, educate and effectively evaluate educational initiatives
- A supportive, nurturing, and facilitative approach to the portfolio that allows others to come forward and succeed
Person Specification
Qualifications/Experience
Essential
- Registered Paramedic professional and substantial demonstrable relevant professional experience
- Masters degree
- Significant post-registration experience and evidence of continuous professional development
- Demonstrable experience as a senior leader delivery change and transiting whilst maintaining high clinical and operational safety and standards.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of developing the services of an organisation to deliver long-term sustainable and customer-focused provision.
- Strong educational skills and an understanding of educational policy and research and deep understanding of how to train, educate and evaluate educational initiatives effectively.
- A supportive, nurturing, and facilitative approach to the portfolio that allows to come forward and succeed.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Experience
Essential
- Registered Paramedic professional and substantial demonstrable relevant professional experience
- Masters degree
- Significant post-registration experience and evidence of continuous professional development
- Demonstrable experience as a senior leader delivery change and transiting whilst maintaining high clinical and operational safety and standards.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of developing the services of an organisation to deliver long-term sustainable and customer-focused provision.
- Strong educational skills and an understanding of educational policy and research and deep understanding of how to train, educate and evaluate educational initiatives effectively.
- A supportive, nurturing, and facilitative approach to the portfolio that allows to come forward and succeed.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
