Job summary
The Trust has an aspiration to be a centre of excellence for Personal and Professional Development and the successful applicant willbe passionate about enabling every colleague to be the best they can be in order to support our vision to be a great place to be cared for and a great place to work.
Working as part of a team who courageously seek out opportunity to continuously improve so that we can support colleagues to deliver outstanding care, the Deputy Head of Personal and Professional Development will be encouraged to share ideas, collaborate, demonstrate curiosity and support the wider senior team.
Primarily overseeing the day to day activity of Learning and Development across all areas of the Trust, including delivery of Trust values, as well as adherence to national and local policy and reporting on compliance.
There will be some line management and a commitment to ensure that all colleagues in the trust have equitable support and access to develop themselves both personally and professionally.
You will be supported in regular 1:1s and meaningful appraisals to grow and develop within your role.
Main duties of the job
Support the Implementation of Personal and Professional Development Planning, curriculum, finance and research through: Collaborative working trust wide, contributing to the strategic planning and identification of opportunities to improve, learner experience, finance, governance, processes and systems. Working with the personnel who deliver those services Trust wide and within medical education, in some instances as line manager.
Professional responsibility (Governance, data, policy, regulation): Supporting the development and implementation of robust assurance systems and writing clear reports. Ensuring alignment to internal and external policies, contracts and guidelines as we seek to deliver an outstanding service. Role modelling own adherence to strategic priorities, values and compliance and maintaining your own professionalism.
Leadership: Keep abreast of innovations and strive toward outstanding standards as part of an enthusiastic committed leadership team who care about our patients and colleagues. Creating a culture of psychological safety where every colleague has a voice. Personally modelling exceptional communication, an ability to give and receive feedback and a compassionate approach to management tasks. Ensuring the promotion of a respectful and inclusive culture for all. A willingness to be ambitious and curious. An ability to engage across the Trust, Place and system as a Learning and Development specialist.
About us
We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specificationlocatedunder the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websitehttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specificationlocatedunder the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websitehttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Significant experience in health education
- Postgraduate qualification in education
- Experience in health care education in NHS or university sector
- Experience of supporting the development of health professionals at different levels and from different professional backgrounds
- Managing services, planning, leading and evaluating programmes
- Managing budgets
- Leading people to be the best they can be
- Developing new programmes of work, forging new relationships influencing policy and process, working to deadlines and managing implementation difficulties
- Writing Board level reports, presenting, liaising with and influencing senior clinical and non clinical staff
- Writing Board level reports, presenting, liaising with and influencing senior clinical and non clinical staff
- Ability to influence without mandate
- able to explain unfamiliar ideas and systems, to senior and junior colleagues
- Ability to negotiate and influence on all levels with managers, executives and professionals of all disciplines.
- Ability to be part of a team. Lead, enthuse, inspire and motivate others using coaching approaches. The ability to "bring people with you"
- Ability to support staff and engender a caring environment.
- Ability to work on own initiative, manage own time, work to deadlines, function under pressure, and change direction quickly.
- Being innovative, and naturally enquiring
- Knowledge of national and local NHS policy
- Knowledge of healthcare education systems and HEE drivers for education
- Knowledge of NHS and HEE funding systems
- Knowledge of NHS and HEE funding systems
- Demonstrates compassion, respectful and inclusive behaviors, ambitious approach to partnerships and an open honest transparent communication style.
- Demonstrates compassion, respectful and inclusive behaviors, ambitious approach to partnerships and an open honest transparent communication style.
Desirable
- ILM Level 5 in Coaching & Mentoring
- Project Management qualification
- Masters degree
- Developing a new educational or service initiative
- Working with HEE or Health Education priorities and projects
- Developing workforce educational returns
- Organisational learning needs analysis
- Organisational development
- Teaching leadership and management skills
- Teaching leadership and management skills
- Chairing meetings
- Creating engaging material
- Knowledge of apprenticeship pathways
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Significant experience in health education
- Postgraduate qualification in education
- Experience in health care education in NHS or university sector
- Experience of supporting the development of health professionals at different levels and from different professional backgrounds
- Managing services, planning, leading and evaluating programmes
- Managing budgets
- Leading people to be the best they can be
- Developing new programmes of work, forging new relationships influencing policy and process, working to deadlines and managing implementation difficulties
- Writing Board level reports, presenting, liaising with and influencing senior clinical and non clinical staff
- Writing Board level reports, presenting, liaising with and influencing senior clinical and non clinical staff
- Ability to influence without mandate
- able to explain unfamiliar ideas and systems, to senior and junior colleagues
- Ability to negotiate and influence on all levels with managers, executives and professionals of all disciplines.
- Ability to be part of a team. Lead, enthuse, inspire and motivate others using coaching approaches. The ability to "bring people with you"
- Ability to support staff and engender a caring environment.
- Ability to work on own initiative, manage own time, work to deadlines, function under pressure, and change direction quickly.
- Being innovative, and naturally enquiring
- Knowledge of national and local NHS policy
- Knowledge of healthcare education systems and HEE drivers for education
- Knowledge of NHS and HEE funding systems
- Knowledge of NHS and HEE funding systems
- Demonstrates compassion, respectful and inclusive behaviors, ambitious approach to partnerships and an open honest transparent communication style.
- Demonstrates compassion, respectful and inclusive behaviors, ambitious approach to partnerships and an open honest transparent communication style.
Desirable
- ILM Level 5 in Coaching & Mentoring
- Project Management qualification
- Masters degree
- Developing a new educational or service initiative
- Working with HEE or Health Education priorities and projects
- Developing workforce educational returns
- Organisational learning needs analysis
- Organisational development
- Teaching leadership and management skills
- Teaching leadership and management skills
- Chairing meetings
- Creating engaging material
- Knowledge of apprenticeship pathways
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).
Additional information
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).
