EOC Development Trainer - Clinical

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

27 days holiday

Personal and professional development

Salary sacrifice schemes

Occupational health services

Wellbeing hub

NHS discounts

Job summary

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an EOC Development Trainer (Clinical) to shape the training of our Emergency Operations Centre clinicians. The role combines education, mentoring and workforce development with ongoing clinical duties.

You will design programmes, deliver NHS Pathways education, support inductions and coach staff, while contributing to governance and performance improvement across sites.

Qualifications

• Clinician with experience in education and workforce development.
• Design and deliver training programmes for EOC staff.
• Provide coaching and development to clinicians.
• Maintain training and competency records.
• Commit to occasional clinical operational duties (one in six).

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver clinical and operational training for EOC staff.
• Deliver NHS Pathways education and competency-learning activities.
• Support induction, preceptorship and development for new starters.
• Act as mentor, coach and educator for clinicians and call handling staff.
• Provide first-line management support to trainees.
• Monitor learning outcomes and maintain training records.
• Support performance improvement and workforce development initiatives.
• Produce reports and analyse performance data to identify trends.
• Support governance activities as clinical subject matter expert.
• Maintain frontline EOC clinical competence through regular duties.

Skills

Clinical training

Education delivery

Mentoring

Coaching

NHS Pathways

Tools

NHS Pathways

Job description

Job Overview

EOC Development Trainer (Clinical)

Band 6 - £39,959 . Max grade value is £48,117

Are you an experienced clinician with a passion for education, mentoring and workforce development?

We are looking for a motivated and innovative EOC Development Trainer (Clinical) to join our Emergency Operations Centre Development Team. This exciting role offers the opportunity to influence the development of current and future clinicians, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care across our Emergency Operations Centres.

You will play a key role in designing and delivering training programmes, supporting clinical competence and providing coaching and development to EOC clinicians at all stages of their career. Working closely with operational leaders, auditors and governance teams, you will contribute to continuous improvement and help ensure the highest standards of clinical practice are maintained.

Alongside your training responsibilities, you will continue to undertake clinical operational duties on a one-in-six basis to maintain your skills, credibility and subject matter expertise.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Design and deliver clinical and operational training programmes for EOC staff.
• Deliver NHS Pathways education and competency-based learning activities.
• Support new starters through induction, preceptorship and development programmes.
• Act as a mentor, coach and educator for clinicians and call handling staff.
• Provide first-line management support to trainees during their training period.
• Monitor learning outcomes and maintain training and competency records.
• Support performance improvement plans and workforce development initiatives.
• Produce reports and analyse performance data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Act as a clinical subject matter expert supporting governance activities and investigations.
• Maintain operational clinical competence by undertaking regular frontline EOC clinician duties

Working for our organisation

• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Award winning wellbeing hub
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Other than in exceptional circumstances, the starting salary for staff new to the NHS will be the bottom point of the band to which they have been appointed.

Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.

Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination.

Going forward, for patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front line staff.

In line with this recommendation, if you are successful in your application for a front line post, we will seek information from you in relation to your vaccine status, including exemption status, as applicable.

Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post. This will either be a basic, standard, or enhanced check depending on the role. The level of check will be outlined in the conditional offer letter sent to successful applicants.

The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups.

The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable.

We are a committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.

Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.

The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you’re applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this.

If you are a current SECAmb employee, by applying for this position, if successful you will move to the terms and conditions associated with the post. Any unsocial hours payments will be paid under the Section 2 agreement of agenda for change. Section 2 unsocial hours will need to be claimed via your monthly timesheet. More information regarding section 2 can be found in the Agenda for Change handbook and on the our dedicated Section 2 page on The Zon e.