T-Level Industry Placement Coordinator

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Nuneaton is seeking a Project Coordinator to enhance T-Level engagement and industry placements. This role involves collaborating with multiple stakeholders to develop and implement effective strategies. The ideal candidate should have a relevant degree and strong project management skills. We value diversity and inclusivity and offer a supportive environment for all employees.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Training and development opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management, preferably in a healthcare setting.
• Strong skills in relationship building and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to monitor budgets and produce KPI reports.

Responsibilities

• Raise awareness of T Levels and facilitate industry placements.
• Develop policies and guidelines for effective placement management.
• Collaborate with local providers to enhance placement opportunities.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Budget monitoring

Knowledge mobilization

Education

Relevant degree in healthcare or project management

Job description

Overview

37.5 hours per week (Remote and agile working is required as well as travel to placement providers). Fixed term for 26 months (Secondment Opportunities will be considered for internal applicants; this would need to be agreed with your Line Manager).

The post will deliver a fixed term project funded by the Department for Education to establish a sustainable system wide operational strategy for T-Level engagement. The postholder will work collaboratively with colleagues across the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to raise the profile of T Levels and develop a high quality, diverse range of Industry Placements (IP's) for learners within our geographical footprint to access. The postholder will work in partnership with provider organisations to establish a sustainable system-wide operational strategy for T Level engagement that establishes and maintains employer/provider relationships and establishes clear pathways to employment within the NHS. The postholder will enable knowledge mobilisation and sharing of best practice across the system via steering groups and cross-system relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Raise awareness of T Levels throughout the system, educate and influence internal staff to support with industry placements (IP's).
• Build a live record of the system's capacity to support IP's and develop this into a long-term process that can integrate with the ICS' wider workforce considerations.
• Develop IPs for an array of settings including clinical and non-clinical linked to relevant T Levels.
• Manage relationships and enable dialogue with all T Level providers in the ICS footprint.
• Develop and implement policies, guidelines, toolkits and other associated governance to effectively identify, place and support IPs across the ICS.
• Support ICS/Trusts to engage with local providers who are offering or considering offering T Levels.
• Take responsibility for leading the planning and organising of IPs.
• Facilitate IPs in T Levels across the system in response to localised student numbers.
• Complete tasks that will enable and support placements which would otherwise be left to organisations to deliver.
• Monitor placement progress and provide a point of contact for line managers and students during placements.
• Work with the Department for Education to provide Monthly KPI data and evidence collection, case studies and to share good practice.
• Monitor Department for Education budget spend against grant funding.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Coventry and Warwickshire ICS to raise T Levels and develop Industry Placements for learners within the footprint to access.
• Work in partnership with provider organisations to establish a sustainable system-wide operational strategy for T Level engagement that maintains employer/provider relationships and clear pathways to employment within the NHS.
• Support to establish and over time grow the number and breadth of IPs within the ICS, while establishing a quality framework for delivering and monitoring quality placements.
• Lead knowledge mobilisation and sharing of best practice across the system via steering groups, formal and informal check-ins and cross-system relationship building.

Planning and Organisation

• Take responsibility for leading the planning and organising of IPs and relevant processes to support Trusts and learners.
• Facilitate IPs in T Levels across the system in response to localised student numbers to meet the scale of future demand—prioritising programmes in line with workforce priorities of the various providers within the system (e.g. prioritising health, healthcare science and digital before routes such as engineering and manufacturing).
• Complete tasks that will enable and support placements which would otherwise be left to organisations to deliver; this could include activities such as standardized role profiles, interviewing and allocation of students, signing of agreements, induction, placement reviews, rotational placement coordination, etc.

Reporting and Monitoring

• Monitor placement progress and provide a point of contact for line managers and students during placements.
• Work with the Department for Education to provide Monthly KPI data and evidence collection, case studies and to share good practice.
• Monitor Department for Education budget spend against grant funding.

Relationships

• The majority of relationship building will be external to the Trust due to this role being a system post, hosted within a Trust.
• Relationships will be required across all providers within the ICS, and are likely to include Widening Access and Participation teams, Practice Education teams, Heads of Departments, Service Leads, local authorities, schools and FE providers, DWO services, NHS England, Department for Education.
• Develop relationships with other pilot sites across England to share good practice and develop a sustainable framework for long term IP growth and development.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please refer to the job description and personal specification attached.

About George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women's, children's, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people. The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.