Job summary
Multi-Professional Primary and Community Care Education Lead
Job summary
The Multi Professional Primary and Community Care Education & Training Lead posts (7 posts across Wales, 1 per Health Board) will support the introduction of a comprehensive multi professional education and training framework for primary and community care in Wales.
The role will support both HEIW and local Health Boards in transforming through designing, embedding and delivering new approaches to multi professional training and education across HEIW and their Health Board. The role will ensure the delivery of high-quality training programmes that meet regulatory requirements and guidance produced by other bodies (for example, Royal Colleges).
The post holder will have a leading role locally in supporting Health Boards to provide high quality education and training working with a complex and diverse range of stakeholders including Professional Collaboratives, Clusters, primary care providers, other agencies and training providers as well as a broader role that encompasses dedicated sessional input within HEIW. They will also play a key role as part of a broader network of Academy Clinical Leads on a national level across Wales.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Education and Training leads will work collaboratively with the HEIW Multi-Professional Primary and Community Education and Training Unit and alongside postgraduate Deaneries, and professional leads across a wide range of professionals including all independent contractors (Pharmacists, GPs, Dentists and Optometrists) as well as nurses, Healthcare scientists and Allied Health Professionals to shape the national approach to commissioning training and education for primary and community care and ensure that this is fit for purpose.
Education and Training Leads will work as part of an all-Wales network to ensure that training and education supports the delivery of the primary care model for Wales and the broader aspirations set out within 'A Healthier Wales'.
Working with internal and external stakeholders, the role will support services in primary and community care to identify the skillsets needed within their local workforce and co-ordinate education and training to meet that need. This includes education and training within primary and community care to support:
- Staff new to the workforce
- Development of new roles
- Continuing professional development to maintain and extend skills to work at top of license
- Multi professional working and learning
- The future workforce
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have a leading role locally in supporting Health Boards to provide high quality education and training working with a complex and diverse range of stakeholders including Professional Collaboratives, Clusters, primary care providers, other agencies and training providers as well as a broader role that encompasses dedicated sessional input within HEIW. They will also play a key role as part of a broader network of Academy Clinical Leads on a national level across Wales.
Education and Training leads will work collaboratively with the HEIW Multi-Professional Primary and Community Education and Training Unit and alongside postgraduate Deaneries, and professional leads across a wide range of professionals including all independent contractors (Pharmacists, GPs, Dentists and Optometrists) as well as nurses, Healthcare scientists and Allied Health Professionals to shape the national approach to commissioning training and education for primary and community care and ensure that this is fit for purpose.
Education and Training Leads will work as part of an all-Wales network to ensure that training and education supports the delivery of the primary care model for Wales and the broader aspirations set out within A Healthier Wales.
Working with internal and external stakeholders, the role will support services in primary and community care to identify the skillsets needed within their local workforce and co-ordinate education and training to meet that need. This includes education and training within primary and community care to support:
- Staff new to the workforce
- Development of new roles
- Continuing professional development to maintain and extend skills to work at top of license
- Multi professional working and learning
- The future workforce
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have a leading role locally in supporting Health Boards to provide high quality education and training working with a complex and diverse range of stakeholders including Professional Collaboratives, Clusters, primary care providers, other agencies and training providers as well as a broader role that encompasses dedicated sessional input within HEIW. They will also play a key role as part of a broader network of Academy Clinical Leads on a national level across Wales.
Education and Training leads will work collaboratively with the HEIW Multi-Professional Primary and Community Education and Training Unit and alongside postgraduate Deaneries, and professional leads across a wide range of professionals including all independent contractors (Pharmacists, GPs, Dentists and Optometrists) as well as nurses, Healthcare scientists and Allied Health Professionals to shape the national approach to commissioning training and education for primary and community care and ensure that this is fit for purpose.
Education and Training Leads will work as part of an all-Wales network to ensure that training and education supports the delivery of the primary care model for Wales and the broader aspirations set out within A Healthier Wales.
Working with internal and external stakeholders, the role will support services in primary and community care to identify the skillsets needed within their local workforce and co-ordinate education and training to meet that need. This includes education and training within primary and community care to support:
- Staff new to the workforce
- Development of new roles
- Continuing professional development to maintain and extend skills to work at top of license
- Multi professional working and learning
- The future workforce
Person Specification
Qualification and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Professional Registration with the GMC
- Significant experience of leading workforce transformation, education and training programmes or other high-level implementation programmes in other areas
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in education or training
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of high-quality education and health sector experience particularly in relation to the specific responsibilities of this role
- Demonstrate strategic thinking and proven management, financial and business planning experience, delivering complex solutions on time and within budget
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of developing initiatives that span professional boundaries
Person Specification
Qualification and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Professional Registration with the GMC
- Significant experience of leading workforce transformation, education and training programmes or other high-level implementation programmes in other areas
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in education or training
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of high-quality education and health sector experience particularly in relation to the specific responsibilities of this role
- Demonstrate strategic thinking and proven management, financial and business planning experience, delivering complex solutions on time and within budget
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of developing initiatives that span professional boundaries
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
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).
