Lead for Practice Development

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, innovative, and forward thinking registered health or social care professional? If so, we are looking for a highly motivated individual to join Southern Health's Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD) team as the Lead for Practice Development.

This post holds a key leadership position responsible for providing expert professional and educational knowledge for a wide-ranging and complex portfolio of education activities which relate to workforce planning initiatives and the development of the health and social care professional workforce.

This post requires an individual with experience in an education leadership role to provide operational direction and line management for the team leaders within the Professional Development workstream

In addition, the post holder will need to be flexible & adaptable as there will be a requirement to maintain appropriate clinical competencies and skills to proactively support clinical services at times of high demand and the opportunity to work clinically during the year.

The post holder will report to the Band 8B Head of Clinical and Vocational Development

If you are interested in applying for this permanent post, please read the attached Job Description and contact us should you require an informal chat or visit. To obtain further information contact:

Sharon Gomez sharon.gomez@southernhealth.nhs.uk Tel: 07964526464

Main duties of the job

The post requires a registered health or social care professional who has a passion for education and the ability to enhance the quality assurance and governance processes for education and practice development.

This post holds a key leadership position responsible for providing expert professional and educational knowledge for a wide-ranging and complex portfolio of education activities which relate to workforce planning initiatives and the development of the health and social care professional workforce with a particular focus on:

The clinical support workforce

Pre-registration health and social students

The post holder will be required to make judgements on learning and professional education that impact on the Trust's overall performance and delivery of health care including the financial appraisal of new and existing education courses and opportunities.

The role will be a key contributor to the development and maintenance of an inclusive and equitable culture and will support the delivery of the Trust's workforce plans through the provision of high-quality educational opportunities and career pathways to attract and retain our current and future workforce supply.

The post holder will need to be flexible, adaptable as there will be a requirement to maintain appropriate clinical competencies and skills to proactively support clinical services at times of high demand.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moorgreen Hospital

Botley Road, West End

Southampton

Hampshire

SO30 3JB

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moorgreen Hospital

Botley Road, West End

Southampton

Hampshire

SO30 3JB

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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