Mandatory Training and Professional Development Funding Senior Lead

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Senior Lead for Mandatory Training and Professional Development Funding. This role offers an opportunity to lead the strategic management of mandatory training and CPD funding, ensuring top-quality education within the Trust. Applicants should possess strong leadership skills and significant experience in NHS education and training.

Qualifications

• Masters Level qualification in relevant field.
• Demonstrable evidence of CPD at senior level.
• Significant experience in education and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead accountability for mandatory training and eLearning.
• Manage Continuous Professional Development funding.
• Ensure robust governance and performance management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project Management

Organizational Change

IT Skills

Education

Masters Level qualification in Human resources, healthcare, Project management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Mandatory Training and Professional Development Funding Senior Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Education and Training Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week Job ref 153-CO04582-A

Department name 1. UHD - General Recruitment Site Royal Bournemouth Hospital Town Bournemouth Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pa/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/06/2025 23:59

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

The Mandatory Training and Professional Development Funding Senior Lead will be accountable for mandatory training and eLearning at University Hospitals Dorset. This role will contribute to the delivery of high quality, evidence-based care that meets local and national indicators. The post holder will act as an expert resource and role model in all education matters, both internally and when representing the Trust with external partners.

The post holder will be accountable for the Continuous professional Development (CPD) funding from NHS England and the Trust Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) process.

Main duties of the job

To strategically lead and have accountability for all aspects of mandatory training and eLearning.

To strategically lead and have accountability for Continuous Professional Development funding and the Learning Needs Analysis (LNA).

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring there are robust systems in place for the governance and performance management of the national standards, including maintaining and reporting to the Trust Board on the national standards and governance processes associated with CPD and LNA monies form NHS England.

To commission high quality, evidence based mandatory training and eLearning

To commission high quality education provision as identified in the Training Needs Analysis both within the organisation and externally from Higher Education institutes (HEI’s) and other sources.

Work in partnership with Bournemouth University

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To lead and have accountability for all aspects of mandatory training and eLearning. To lead and have accountability for Continuous Professional Development funding and the Learning Needs Analysis (LNA).

To lead and have accountability for all aspects of mandatory training and eLearning. To lead and have accountability for Continuous Professional Development funding and the Learning Needs Analysis (LNA). The post holder will be responsible for ensuring there are robust systems in place for the performance management of the national standards, including maintaining and reporting to the Trust Board on the national standards and governance processes associated with CPD and LNA monies from NHS England.

To commission high quality mandatory training and eLearning

To commission high quality education provision as identified in the Training Needs Analysis both within the organisation and externally from Higher Education institutes (HEI’s) and other sources.

Work in partnership with Bournemouth University

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters Level qualification in relevant field ie Human resources, healthcare, Project management or equivalent knowledge and experience. Demonstrable evidence of CPD at senior level
• Evidence of successful project and change management.
• Evidence of leadership and managerial development

Experience

• Ability to role model expert practice
• Significant experience in education and training
• Recent NHS experience involving budgetary, staff and service management.
• Experience in the management and delivery of Organizational change programmes
• Critical appraisal skills
• Ability to communicate effectively to staff at all levels and across all directorates.
• Skill in organising resources and establishing priorities.
• Previous experience of staff development
• Evidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary teams.
• Evidence of multi-agency planning and service development
• Experience of successful management of a complex budget
• Excellent IT skills Excel, Word, Microsoft, Outlook and use of AI)
• Professional and facilitation skills
• Able to understand, disseminate and present complex information verbally and in writing
• Understanding of governance
• Evidence of ability to lead a team
• Evidence of ability to develop strategy
• Understanding of service planning, and financial framework and performance management
• Evidence of development, objective setting and monitoring of services.
• Ability to create bids, write business cases and SBARN’s as required for service development.
• Ability to work with colleagues from different disciplines and agencies.

Knowledge

• Able to prioritise own workload and the ability to respond to multiple priorities
• Pro-Active, using own initiative
• Ability to work to rigid timescales

Other requirements specific to the role

• Ability to work flexibly
• Works collaboratively across the Dorset System

Personal Attributes

• Behaves in a professional manner and demonstrated Trust values
• Positive approach
• Reliable

Language Requirement

• Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.