Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to
lead the Clinical Education offer in mental health services within our
Birmingham Children and Womens NHS Foundation Trust. Our Trust has led the way
in developing a unique youth mental health service, Forward Thinking
Birmingham, that is focussed on the needs of people aged 0-25 and their
families/carers. This is an excellent time to join our service as we are
expanding our clinical education team and you will be at the forefront of it
leading on some key initiatives which will include a new care planning process
for teams, development of international nurses and supporting new to care
support staff.
You will work with an established team that include Heads of
Nurses, Clinical Leads, Lead Nurses and partner organisations. You will be
responsible for ensuring that appropriate high-quality education and training
is available as an integral part of our mental health service. You will also be
responsible for providing educational leadership across the service, acting as
a source of expertise, advice, and knowledge for healthcare professionals and
be a key link to the education team in the wider Children's and Women's Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work alongside the Lead Nurses and
Clinical Leads as part of a multi-disciplinary leadership team to lead the
strategic and operational development of a coherent and effective education
strategy, and coordination of a programme of work that addresses national and
local priorities. The role will support the Mental Health Leadership Team in
driving improvement of services through a quality education strategy as well as
ensuring value for money in planning, commissioning, and service developments.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the
first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive
forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and
mental health care for our women, children and families.
Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment
to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading
neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in
shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist
paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham
Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the
busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year
offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward
Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative
community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB
offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people
aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We
believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and
encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria
for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or
sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job
description and person specification to view the full details for this
opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing
your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job
description and person specification to include transferable experience,
qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if
applicable).
Occasionally we
receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we
sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid
disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job
description and person specification to view the full details for this
opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing
your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job
description and person specification to include transferable experience,
qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if
applicable).
Occasionally we
receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we
sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid
disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration part 1/HCPC registration
- Honours level degree or equivalent experience or willing to undertake
- Management/leadership course
- Mentors qualification
Desirable
- Masters level study/degree
- PgCert Workforce
- Introduction to Workforce planning
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, engaging in complex communication situations where information is highly sensitive.
- Works well within a team.
- Judgement involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- Proven Leadership skills
- Responsible for policy implementation and for discrete policy or service development for own work area.
- Proactive, self-motivated, with the ability to motivate others.
- Ability to manage own workload and that of others
- Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high degree of autonomy
- Ability to manage own workload and supervise that of others.
- Able to use the Allocate E roster system.
- Conversant with Microsoft Office and able to operative and interpret spread sheets
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS Directives and policy initiatives.
- Knowledge and understanding of operational nursing issues in a specialist Trust.
- Knowledge and understanding of current nursing policy and practice issues.
- Knowledge and understanding of nursing recruitment and retention issues.
- Proven change management skills
- Experience in budgetary and resource management.
- Knowledge, understanding and experience in Risk Management and Governance issues.
- Knowledge & understanding of Patient/Public Involvement, management of complaints and investigations
- Understanding of the principles of workforce planning.
- Experience at ward/department management level band 7 or above.
- Experience of working clinically within a THEATRE DEPARTMENT setting at a senior level.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration part 1/HCPC registration
- Honours level degree or equivalent experience or willing to undertake
- Management/leadership course
- Mentors qualification
Desirable
- Masters level study/degree
- PgCert Workforce
- Introduction to Workforce planning
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, engaging in complex communication situations where information is highly sensitive.
- Works well within a team.
- Judgement involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- Proven Leadership skills
- Responsible for policy implementation and for discrete policy or service development for own work area.
- Proactive, self-motivated, with the ability to motivate others.
- Ability to manage own workload and that of others
- Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high degree of autonomy
- Ability to manage own workload and supervise that of others.
- Able to use the Allocate E roster system.
- Conversant with Microsoft Office and able to operative and interpret spread sheets
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS Directives and policy initiatives.
- Knowledge and understanding of operational nursing issues in a specialist Trust.
- Knowledge and understanding of current nursing policy and practice issues.
- Knowledge and understanding of nursing recruitment and retention issues.
- Proven change management skills
- Experience in budgetary and resource management.
- Knowledge, understanding and experience in Risk Management and Governance issues.
- Knowledge & understanding of Patient/Public Involvement, management of complaints and investigations
- Understanding of the principles of workforce planning.
- Experience at ward/department management level band 7 or above.
- Experience of working clinically within a THEATRE DEPARTMENT setting at a senior level.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 6NH
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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