ACCTS Education and Training Lead

NHS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Cardiff is seeking a Training & Education Lead for their Adult Critical Care Transfer Service. This pivotal role involves leading education and professional development for clinical staff, ensuring a high standard of care and influencing national training strategies. The ideal candidate will have significant clinical experience, strong leadership skills, and a relevant Master's degree. The organization offers excellent career development opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Professional training and development opportunities

Inclusive employer

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Significant post registration clinical work experience.
• Experience in working within Intensive Care.
• Evidence of previous clinical leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of training and education strategy.
• Provide expert clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
• Manage the training budget and ensure financial governance.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Training and education delivery

Effective management skills

Collaboration with health professionals

Education

Masters of Science - Critical Care

Diploma in Immediate Medical Care - RCSE

Diploma in Retrieval Transfer Medicine

Job description

Are you a dynamic and experienced clinical leader with a passion for education and professional development? We are seeking an exceptional individual to join the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) Cymru as the Training & Education Lead.

ACCTS Cymru is a nationally commissioned, consultant-led service that provides high-quality inter-hospital transfer and retrieval of critically ill adult patients across Wales. Operating 24/7, ACCTS plays a vital role in ensuring patients receive timely, expert care during transfers between healthcare facilities. The service is delivered by a highly skilled multi-professional team, including Retrieval and Transfer Practitioners (RTPs) and Critical Care Transfer Assistants (CCTAs), and works in close collaboration with NHS Wales organisations and the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service (EMRTS).

As the Training & Education Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of this essential service. You will lead the strategic direction of training, education, and professional development for all ACCTS clinical staff, ensuring the workforce is equipped with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to deliver exceptional care. This is a unique opportunity to influence national standards, foster innovation, and support the growth of a service that is critical to the resilience and quality of critical care across Wales.

Main duties of the job

Lead the development and implementation of a robust education and training strategy across ACCTS.

Provide expert clinical leadership and professional advice to a multi-disciplinary team.

Coordinate and deliver mandatory, statutory, and specialist training programmes.

Develop and maintain systems to monitor training compliance, effectiveness, and impact.

Represent ACCTS Cymru at national and regional forums, promoting best practice and innovation.

Chair the ACCTS/EMRTS Education and Engagement Group.

Collaborate with universities, professional bodies, and external agencies to enhance learning opportunities.

Manage the training budget and ensure financial governance.

Support workforce planning, role redesign and career development pathways

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Masters of Science - Critical Care, enhanced or advanced clinical practice
• Excellent clinical skills and knowledge of clinical governance systems
• In-depth knowledge of clinical supervision
• Diploma in Immediate Medical Care - RCSE./Diploma in Retrieval Transfer Medicine

Experience

• Significant post registration clinical work experience
• Experience in working within intensive Care and/or work as part of an Adults Critical Care Transfer Service
• Completion of STEP competencies 1-4
• Evidence of previous clinical leadership experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other health professionals across a variety of settings and environments
• Previous experience in Training, Education or practice development, with evidence of teaching in the retrieval and transfer environment.
• Experience of joint working in the development of policies and procedures.

Aptitude and abilities

• Effective management of resources and budgets
• Able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used.
• Experience of efficient and effective working with various professional and others across a wide range of services.

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.