Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated NMC/HCPC registrant to come and be part of our clinical education leadership team.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development of our staff and our local community to access education and learning through an apprenticeship route, and to develop your leadership skills by providing inspirational leadership and strategic direction across our non-medical clinical apprenticeship provision. Working with colleagues from across the Clinical Education Team, Divisions and Workforce colleagues you will lead the team responsible for driving continued provision and expansion of our nursing apprenticeship programmes enabling staff to acquire knowledge, skills and behaviours to successfully complete their apprenticeship journey to professional registration and promotion.
Working with the Head of Non-Medical Education you will be responsible for leading all aspects of non-medical apprenticeship education delivery, governance and working closely with our HEI partners in order to ensure that our apprentices have a excellent learning experience throughout the duration of their apprenticeship.
Main duties of the job
To be the education lead for clinical apprenticeships, delivering the priorities and objectives for nursing and AHP apprenticeship education as identified by the Head of Non-Medical Education.
To provide strategic direction and leadership to ensure that the Trust’s apprenticeship provision is of high quality, through ensuring appropriate learning and development interventions and activities for all clinical apprenticeships.
Collaborate and work in partnership with key Trust stakeholders, partner Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), NHS England and Integrated Care System (ICS) partners.
To develop and implement learning and development strategies which are aligned to and support the strategic direction of the Trust with a key focus on clinical apprenticeships, recruitment and retention.
To be a key member of the clinical education senior leadership team promoting compassionate and inclusive leadership where all individuals can thrive and feel a sense of belonging.
To lead high quality educational support in practice areas by working alongside apprentices and role model key Trust values of kind, safe and excellent at all times.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment - or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This vacancy will close at midnight on 16 February 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 27 February 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
