Senior Learning and Development Facilitator

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

To lead and provide highly specialist advice and consultancy on the needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation of learning and development programmes which meet agreed service priorities and regulatory requirements of registered staff employed across South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT).

To be professionally accountable for discrete parts of the learning and development service through managing performance and supporting the Lead for Non-medical Education and Training. Contribute to the creation of the annual business planning process, organisational learning needs analysis, and the delivery of wider learning and development activity, which meets the relevant service needs of services and teams.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

The postholder will:

1.1 Care/service/function provision:

Design and deliver learning and development solutions that are aligned with the needs of the Trust, service lines/care groups, services, and Human Resources and Workforce Development strategies

Lead on discrete parts of the non-medical education and training and development work for registered clinical staff such as the ACP strategy, Trustwide Preceptorship development, international recruitment and the expansion and embedding of the Professional Nurse Advisor workforce and role within the Trust.

Support the development and implementation of service strategies which have education, training, learning and development implications e.g. Transformation and service improvement projects, new ways of working, workforce planning and skills mix reviews, competence development

Design, deliver and evaluate values-based learning and development programmes that transfer into workplace practice and increase team and individual performance, for example around developing staff who supervise and assess ACPs, preceptees and staff recruited from outside the UK

Lead on aspects of learning and development project work and contribute to wider Trust-wide projects as necessary

Evaluates learning solutions to measure the impact on the Trusts objectives and key performance indicators

Develop and contribute to education, training, learning and development quality assurance across the Trust and ensure best practice with others outside the team

Report on key performance indicators including learning outcomes to the Lead for Non-medical Education and Training as and when required

Support the Trusts transformation and service improvement agenda through the provision of corporate and bespoke learning and development activity for registered staff

Review, develop and write policies in relation to the NMET function; make proposals on wider policy or service change which impact on other departments

Provide advice and guidance on external bids, and the writing of funding applications and service level agreements.

1.2 Working as part of a Team:

Work collaboratively as part of an integrated NMET, Human Resources and wider Directorate of nursing, quality and professions team ensuring learning and development activity is aligned with Organisational Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) and service delivery plans and is compliant with regulatory and professional body requirements

Conduct learning needs analyses in partnership with service leaders, managers, and subject matter experts; as well as with external partners such as Higher Education Institutes

Provide information, advice, guidance and advocacy via tailored in-house consultancy including expert post-registration development, transformation and project support

Act as a broker of internal and external education, training and learning & development opportunities in support of corporate and operational services workforce development needs

Manage effective relationships with partner organisations such as universities, and other suppliers of learning and development as well as NHS England and relevant professional bodies.

1.3 Managing Self:

Maintain and update skills, knowledge and learning & development best practice through continued professional development;

Manage highly complex or sensitive information that might affect staff and recommend workforce learning and development solutions in line with Human Resource policy and continuing professional development strategies.

Represent the NMET and wider directorate of NQP at key service meetings to determine the implications arising for possible learning and development activity;

Represent the Trust at external events and forums as necessary including attendance at NHS England education commissioning meetings and programme development meetings (including local and regional ACP groups)

Work with health and social care partners to promote and participate in the delivery of multi-agency, multidisciplinary learning;

1.4 Management Supervision and Support:

Provide leadership/supervision to other members of staff working on the NMET agandas.

Contribute to values-based appraisals that maximises employee performance and support personal development through coaching and professional supervision;

Manage the health and wellbeing of direct reports as well as the safety of self and others across the team and during learning and development activity.

Provide regular and timely written and verbal reports to the Lead for Non-medical Education and Training and other colleagues in the Directorate of NQP and service managers in relation to the progress towards meeting learning and development plans.

1.5 Financial Responsibility:

Contribute to the design and development of high quality learning and development solutions at the most effective cost, which meets stakeholder needs;

Make recommendations and deliver training solutions within delegated budget authority levels;

Commission internal and external training suppliers ensuring value for money, quality assurance, and that learning and development activity is aligned with service needs;

Make decisions that maximises the use of the funds attached to the various workstreams

Use Trust resources efficiently and suggest alternative solutions where learning and development cost savings can be made.

1.6 Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values:

Honest, open, transparent

Respectful

Person first and in the centre

Improve and be outstanding

Relevant today, ready for tomorrow

Families and carers matter

1.7. Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a healthcare professional role with experience in learning and development
• Has a relevant masters degree or is able to demonstrate equivalent competence in analysing and applying learning and development solutions which align with strategic or complex organisational development activity
• Holds professional registration with the NMC or HCPC

Desirable

• Trained in Solution Focused Approach
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Experience

Essential

• Experience in implementing learning and development strategies and change management programmes across different services
• Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating various types of learning and development programmes
• Experience of working in support of diverse multidisciplinary groups and teams
• Experience of people leadership/management/supervision

Desirable

• Working in a health and social care environment
• Experience of higher education programme/curricula development and evaluation
• Understanding of educational commissioning including the provision of higher education and vocational development programmes
• Experience or knowledge of apprenticeship standards and provision

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

Essential

• Full understanding of continuous professional development and its components
• Syntheses information and develops novel solutions to organisational learning needs analysis
• Advanced level of facilitation, presentation and problem solving
• Knowledge of how learning & development activity supports transformation and service improvement
• Ability to use a variety of evaluation methodology for learning & development solutions
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development

Desirable

• Organisational development design principles
• Has knowledge and skills in developing professional policy and best practice
• Supervision and/or Coaching and Mentoring
• Solution focused approach training
• Awareness of national drivers of learning & development of NHS services

TRAINING

Essential

• Learning & development and education best practices
• Recognised Teaching qualification
• Leadership and Management Development or willing to undertake
• Change management and service improvement methodology and/or relevant experience

Desirable

• Professional Nurse Advocacy Training

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Ability to facilitate groups towards a learning outcome
• Demonstrates political awareness and ability to engage senior stakeholders across the Trust/external partners
• Excellent communication, engagement, and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative
• Effective communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to work at all levels of the organisation and influence across a range of professional groups
• Ability to use IT and Microsoft Office packages
• Ability to manage own workload while responding to tight deadlines
• Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with Trust core values
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate a values-based approach through training design and delivery

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Able to deliver learning and development solutions in a confident manner using a wide range of media
• Ability to manage multiple agendas/projects and develop sound plans to achieve outcomes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).