Professional Development Lead

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a Professional Development Lead to enhance the NHS workforce. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead initiatives that nurture and develop skilled professionals within the NHS framework. You'll work collaboratively across sites, demonstrating your clinical and leadership skills while contributing to a progressive and supportive environment. With a commitment to employee development and patient care, this position allows for creative and flexible working arrangements, making it ideal for those looking to make a significant impact in healthcare. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to improving patient outcomes and workforce engagement.

Benefits

Onsite day nursery

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts at local businesses

Access to Trust's beach hut

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC or NMC required.
• Postgraduate teaching qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to develop NHS workforce aligned to the NHS People Promise.
• Demonstrate and develop clinical, leadership, and educational abilities.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Planning skills

Education

First Level Bachelor’s Degree

Post graduate teaching qualification

Further post qualifying study

Job description

Main area HCPC and NMC Registered staff Grade NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Open to discuss opportunities for secondments. This role is part of the Single Corporate Services and will require the successful candidate to work across sites, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (frequency of visits to each site, to be agreed locally).

Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Job ref: 470-24-0022-COR

Employer: Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Town: Newport

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata, per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 03/01/2025 23:59

Interview date: 13/01/2025

Professional Development Lead

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

INTERNAL IOW/PHU APPLICANTS ONLY

Our vision for Single Corporate Services: Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in-person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Main duties of the job:

Location: Across sites, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (frequency of visits to each site, to be agreed locally)
Position Type: Part-time, 22.5 hours per week
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

We are looking for someone who will lead collaboratively on initiatives that nurture, grow and develop our NHS workforce aligned to the NHS People Promise and our People and OD Strategy. This role will provide you the chance to demonstrate and develop your clinical, leadership, educational and research abilities.

Working for our organisation

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities; speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you an Allied Health Professional/Nurse who is looking for the opportunity to develop and diversify your career, and make a significant contribution in attracting, developing, and retaining highly skilled, engaged and compassionate people who thrive to make a positive difference to patient care?

If this interests you then the Learning, Education and Development Team (LEaD) would be delighted to hear from you. We are a forward-thinking and progressive department that thrives on growing and developing our people. We will be keen to develop your existing skills and abilities, offering you 'stretch' opportunities to increase your expertise, further enhancing your career potential.

You will have highly developed clinical, interpersonal, organisational, planning, analytical and delivery skills, the ability to build good professional relationships and networks, and the ability to influence others.

You will have the ability to work autonomously, make evidence-based, inclusive decisions and advance relations to wider workstreams supporting the development of healthcare teams.

This post is a 12-month fixed-term, maternity cover for a part-time position of 22.5 hours per week. There is the potential to work flexibly and creatively, as there are opportunities to potentially combine this role with another role, or opportunities for a secondment. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss potential work combination scenarios that will enable us to attract the right person for the role.

Whilst the person specification requires a professional registration with either the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), we are particularly interested in people with a current or recently lapsed HCPC registration to complement the existing skill mix within the team. However, we will consider applications from NMC registrants.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity and potential options in more detail, please contact Anna Jager in the first instance by email [emailprotected]

Please note your application may be transferred to the Portsmouth Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

• Hold a current and active registered professional qualification with either the HCPC or NMC.
• First Level Bachelor’s Degree (level 6) or equivalent experience
• Hold a recognised post graduate teaching or practice education qualification.
• Evidence of further post qualifying study at HEI level 6/7
• A recognised teaching or practice education qualification at HEI Level 7

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.