The Workforce Development Lead has leadership responsibility for the ongoing development and sustainability of high quality and innovative workforce development within the Trust.
Responsibilities
Responsible for leading on the implementation of Workforce development Trust’s strategy with a focus on building capacity and structures to support Clinical workforce initiatives. To actively engage with the Trust’s Education and Training board, and system Nursing/ AHP Education Faculty’s to support the Nursing /AHP workforce transformation to build a strong, sustainable Nursing/AHP community across the region. The post holder will have specific responsibility for:
Delivering on the development of the Clinical, Nursing/ AHP and wider workforce, as outlined in the Long-Term Plan by providing local, regional and national organisations with dedicated insight into Nursing and AHP and wider workforce development issues to support and build the Nursing and AHP and wider workforce supply across the health and care system.
Work alongside the Nursing and AHP and senior leadership team and will be responsible for leading on the development and implementation of the Trust’s People strategic workforce plan. The education and training strategy with a focus on building capacity and structures to support workforce development priority initiatives.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the professional development objectives of the wider workforce through commissioning and delivery of training and education, this includes supporting workforce development of registered Nurses, Midwives and AHP and other clinical professional groups in line with LDA contract e.g., Pharmacy at SWFT.
Return to practice
Widening participation, Apprenticeships, and International recruitment
Development of mid to late career clinical graduates.
The post will be responsible for implementation of the Trust strategy relating to workforce development and continuing professional development for the Workforce at SWFT with specific focus on management development and will act as a point of contact for advice and expertise in regard to workforce development. The post holder will ensure the workforce development and education agendas are aligned and follow local and national guidance.
The Workforce Lead is responsible for delivery to specific KPIs and to ensure alignment with the Coventry and Warwickshire People Plan. The role will be integral to ensuring excellent communication with the senior staff across the Trust
as well as with external agencies and HEI’s. The post holder will be supported by and escalate to the Strategic Lead as required.
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jackie Farrington Job title: Head of Education,Learning & Workforce Development Email address: Jackie.Farrington at swft.nhs.uk