Staff Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Hasland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare institution is seeking a Staff Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner in Hasland, England. This role is centered on supporting the education of staff through mentoring and leading training for clinical education. The ideal candidate will have a foundation degree in health or equivalent and experience in delivering clinical education. This position offers flexible working arrangements, a competitive salary, and opportunities for career progression. Applicants interested in improving patient care and developing their skills are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Wellbeing hub

24/7 gym access

Qualifications

• Foundation degree in health or an equivalent teaching qualification.
• Experience in clinical education or mentorship roles.
• Familiarity with Care Certificate standards for new staff.

Responsibilities

• Inspire a shared sense of purpose among team members.
• Show care and compassion to colleagues.
• Evaluate and use information to improve experiences for patients and staff.
• Build relationships across services to improve healthcare delivery.
• Respect and appreciate diversity within the team.
• Hold team members accountable for their performance.
• Develop personal capability and pursue training opportunities.
• Act as an ambassador for the Trust and contribute to improvements.

Skills

Experience delivering clinical education

Mentorship or supervisory experience

Microsoft skills

Teaching skills for healthcare apprenticeships

Education

Foundation degree in health or equivalent teaching qualification

TAQA qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Staff Development and Apprenticeship Team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Education Centre. We need to recruit a new Staff Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner (AfC Band 4) 30 hours per week. Fixed term contract for 2 years.

Role Overview

Staff Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner is an educational role within our organisation. Leading the Chesterfield Way supports the Trust's priorities and ambitions and sets out the behaviours and characteristics that leaders are expected to adopt and that all staff can role model, to make the Trust an even better place to work; and to support the delivery of exceptional patient care. It provides a framework for leadership and supports individual progression through appraisal, career progression and personal development.

Responsibilities

• Inspire a shared sense of purpose – encouraging your team to take pride in what they do, improve the care and services they provide; and enable them to understand how they contribute to the success of the organisation.
• Lead with care – showing colleagues compassion and care by listening – and offering empathy and understanding to help create a supportive workplace.
• Evaluate and use information – be alert to what is happening around you; and evaluate the information you hear, receive or discover to take actions and decisions that improve both patient and staff experience.
• Work with others to connect services – using the opportunity to link up with different colleagues, leaders and partners, building relationships that can help everyone to deliver effective and efficient healthcare and services.
• Engage with your team – respecting every member of staff, valuing their diversity and making sure that every member of your team feels that their contribution is appreciated and valued.
• Hold yourself and others to account – be clear about what's expected at work, giving honest feedback and acting quickly and fairly to support others who are struggling to meet expectations.
• Develop capability – take opportunities to develop your own skills, take-up training and education that will help you in your role and keep up-to-date with the essential training that applies to you.
• Influence what happens – by acting as an ambassador for the Trust, sharing good news and good practice with your team, contributing to debates, having a say and leading improvement – all ways of influencing what happens to our services in the future.

Qualifications

• Foundation degree in health or equivalent teaching qualification.
• Experience delivering clinical education or having had a mentorship/ supervisory role in practice.
• Familiar with the Care Certificate induction and its standards and able to teach new support staff on induction to the hospital, including resuscitation and vital signs.
• Microsoft skills required to plan lessons and create PowerPoint presentations for teaching.
• Delivery of the level 2 and level 3 healthcare apprenticeship teaching and assessing – having a TAQA qualification is essential.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements available to support work-life balance. Wellbeing hub free of charge includes 24/7 gym, access to mental wellbeing support. Competitive salary and career progression opportunities within the Trust.

Flexible Working

If you’re looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self‑assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e‑mail. References are also requested by e‑mail (where possible). Please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.