Job summary
BOB ICB requires an experienced clinician to
take forward the system wide clinical education and placement learning workstreams.
This role will strategically coordinate and lead the development and
implementation of a system wide approach to non-medical clinical placement
capacity and quality.
Main duties of the job
This role will also lead on
system wide clinical non-medical post registration education initiatives, to
maximise equity and quality of learning, resulting in excellent service
delivery across the ICB. Key to this
will be developing an ICB wide Clinical Learning Strategy, as well as working
with Education Leads and other strategic stakeholders across the care and
education system to design a sustainable model of ICS wide clinical education, placement
expansion and development.
About us
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and
Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board is the statutory NHS organisation
responsible for planning and delivering health and care services for the
communities of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
We work collaboratively with partner
organisations including local government, the voluntary, community and social
enterprise sector, and people and communities across the BOB Health and Care
Integrated Care System (ICS).
Our key priorities are to
increase healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities for the 1.7
million people who live in our communities.
We value and promote diversity
and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best
employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to
increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications
from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT
communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of
disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
Our Values are:
Respectful
we are inclusive
Impactful
we make a difference
Integrity
we are kind and fair
Leadership
we encourage leadership
Collaborative
we work together in a positive way
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will
have extensive experience in a clinical education setting, ideally pre-registration
and have a good knowledge of multi professional education at all levels. They
will have experience of working across stakeholders in a complex environment,
as well as project and team management skills. Experience of analysis and
interpretation of complex information to prepare reports, make recommendations
for change and influence strategic planning will be an advantage.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will
have extensive experience in a clinical education setting, ideally pre-registration
and have a good knowledge of multi professional education at all levels. They
will have experience of working across stakeholders in a complex environment,
as well as project and team management skills. Experience of analysis and
interpretation of complex information to prepare reports, make recommendations
for change and influence strategic planning will be an advantage.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience managing programmes of work to expand placement capacity and knowledge of virtual learning opportunities across a multi professional learning environment.
Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience working in specialist area. (e.g. programme/ project management, workforce development)
- NMC/ HCPC registered professional.
- Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development.
- Significant experience at senior management level in the NHS or HEI in dealing with the management and placement of students.
- Practice assessor/ Fieldwork educator qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Quality improvement qualification.
- Leadership training and education.
- Advanced Clinical Practice programme.
- Project Management Qualification.
Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships.
- Manage project teams including responsible for influencing and motivating a new team through short-term periods of change and long-term environmental and systemic change.
- Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
- Robust understanding of undergraduate training at HEI and the requirements for clinical placements.
- Extensive knowledge of Nursing/ Midwifery/ AHP developments in healthcare to include workforce development approaches, education development and commissioning.
Desirable
- Quality improvement experience.
- Knowledge of how to apply research to clinical practice.
- Direct education commissioning responsibilities.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrate professional integrity, civility and respect at the workplace.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Ability to work well with colleagues with diverse identities and contribute to a positive culture.
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Experience of working with senior colleagues in a range of organisations and dealing, at a senior level, with diverse partners and agencies (public, private and not for profit).
- Knowledge of the NHS education infrastructure from national to local.
- Analysis, interpretation, and production of complex and multiple reports including financial returns.
- Must be able to demonstrate experience in managing potentially challenging and/or antagonistic situations.
- Experience of staff supervision and management in higher education, private sector or NHS.
- Proven ability to manage a team through complex organisational change ensuring stability and consistent delivery of objectives.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- An ability to deliver formal presentations to large senior audiences both internal and external.
- Analysis and interpretation of complex information to prepare reports, make recommendations for change and influence strategic planning.
- Demonstrable experience of using a range of IT, for extracting/analysing and presenting data.
Desirable
- Commissioning of complex projects across organisational boundaries and procurement of services to support project delivery.
- Knowledge and experience of working within the complexities of an ICS which includes a thorough understanding of its component parts.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience working in specialist area. (e.g. programme/ project management, workforce development).
- NMC/ HCPC registered professional.
- Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development.
- Significant experience at senior management level in the NHS or HEI in dealing with the management and placement of students.
- Practice assessor/ Fieldwork educator qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Quality improvement qualification.
- Leadership training and education.
- Advanced Clinical Practice programme.
- Project Management Qualification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience managing programmes of work to expand placement capacity and knowledge of virtual learning opportunities across a multi professional learning environment.
Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience working in specialist area. (e.g. programme/ project management, workforce development)
- NMC/ HCPC registered professional.
- Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development.
- Significant experience at senior management level in the NHS or HEI in dealing with the management and placement of students.
- Practice assessor/ Fieldwork educator qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Quality improvement qualification.
- Leadership training and education.
- Advanced Clinical Practice programme.
- Project Management Qualification.
Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships.
- Manage project teams including responsible for influencing and motivating a new team through short-term periods of change and long-term environmental and systemic change.
- Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
- Robust understanding of undergraduate training at HEI and the requirements for clinical placements.
- Extensive knowledge of Nursing/ Midwifery/ AHP developments in healthcare to include workforce development approaches, education development and commissioning.
Desirable
- Quality improvement experience.
- Knowledge of how to apply research to clinical practice.
- Direct education commissioning responsibilities.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrate professional integrity, civility and respect at the workplace.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Ability to work well with colleagues with diverse identities and contribute to a positive culture.
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Experience of working with senior colleagues in a range of organisations and dealing, at a senior level, with diverse partners and agencies (public, private and not for profit).
- Knowledge of the NHS education infrastructure from national to local.
- Analysis, interpretation, and production of complex and multiple reports including financial returns.
- Must be able to demonstrate experience in managing potentially challenging and/or antagonistic situations.
- Experience of staff supervision and management in higher education, private sector or NHS.
- Proven ability to manage a team through complex organisational change ensuring stability and consistent delivery of objectives.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- An ability to deliver formal presentations to large senior audiences both internal and external.
- Analysis and interpretation of complex information to prepare reports, make recommendations for change and influence strategic planning.
- Demonstrable experience of using a range of IT, for extracting/analysing and presenting data.
Desirable
- Commissioning of complex projects across organisational boundaries and procurement of services to support project delivery.
- Knowledge and experience of working within the complexities of an ICS which includes a thorough understanding of its component parts.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience working in specialist area. (e.g. programme/ project management, workforce development).
- NMC/ HCPC registered professional.
- Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development.
- Significant experience at senior management level in the NHS or HEI in dealing with the management and placement of students.
- Practice assessor/ Fieldwork educator qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Quality improvement qualification.
- Leadership training and education.
- Advanced Clinical Practice programme.
- Project Management Qualification.
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
