Training and Education Manager - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Description

Job summary

Weare looking for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for training anddevelopment to join the Pathology CSU Management Team as Pathology Training andEducation Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity and gain experience workingwith the CSU leadership team in Pathology at Leeds, the specialisms within theCSU, other NHS organisations and external providers of education and training.

Thisrewarding role offers the exciting opportunity to promote and develop thelearning culture within Pathology. The Pathology CSU is going through a time ofsignificant change as we develop a brand-new facility, introduce new regionalIT systems and further develop plans to work more effectively with our partnersin nearby Trusts. High quality staff training and development is crucial tosupport these changes, especially as we look to providing regional models ofservice.

Ideallythe individual will have awareness of, and access to a diverse range oftraining allows us to offer the best development opportunities for our teams.This rewarding role and is key to coordinating these training opportunities andin promoting the learning culture within Pathology.

Please see our exciting service on:- Pathology(, especially our experience pathology web page ExperiencePathology Virtual Open Day (

Main duties of the job

Keyresponsibilities of the post holder:

Work with the Head of Profession,Pathology Training & Development Group and Pathology Quality Lead tofacilitate and implement pan-CSU workforce development strategy

Support departmental TrainingManagers in the development and maintenance of training and competenceassessment processes.

Lead on the management furtherdevelopment of our electronic ProfilerLive system in providing an electronicsystem to support the provision of training and competency assessment acrossthe CSU.

Represent Pathology throughoutinternal and external education and training networks

Develop and secure funding sources tosupport staff training and development

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to ourprocess of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to newroles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reservethe right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. Ifyou do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle,please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the namedcontact if you have any questions.

Job responsibilities

Thepost holder will be responsible for the management of training and educationacross the Pathology CSU (Aprox 750 FTE).This will include programmes for Healthcare Science, Biomedical SupportWorker and A+C staff, thethe individual will also build up relationships withtheir counter parts across WYAAT, and inparticular the proposed New PathologyPartnership (NPP) between LTHT, Calderdale Fundation and Mid-Yorkshire Trust inpreparation of further service consolidation, and harmonisation of trainingpractices.

Thepost holder will be responsible for liaising and working with colleagues acrossother Trusts and CSUs within Leads where the Health Care Science Workforce isdeployed to ensure the sharing of best practice and educational resources.

JOBDIMENSIONS

Co-ordination and delivery ofeducation and training for the CSU

Work in partnership with keystakeholders to develop, support and share educational resources

Utilise HEE educational resources tosupport the development of staff

Highlight and utilise other sourcesof funding for the training and development of staff ( Leeds HospitalCharities, IBMS funding)

Work with providers of futher andhighier education to support to ensure cources and stuents meet the need ofPathology.

The post holder will be expected to take a colloratein delivering these aims across the network, and will liase closely with theircounterparts at NPP and WYAAT trusts. The postholder will be a member of theCSUoperations group and will contribute to the overall development of theprogramme and provide educational advice to the senior leadership team,incliding the Triumverate.

KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Qualifications

Professional registration(NMC/GMC/HCPC)

Recognised teaching/assessingqualification

First Degree Education (essential)

Masters Level Degree Education(desirable)

Experience

Significant experience at seniorlevel

Evidence of ongoing professionaldevelopment

Delivery of education and trainingwithin the work area, including innovative learning and teaching styles toenhance performance

Clinical audit and standard setting

Evidence of successful management ofchange

Skills

Influencing and negotiation skills

Communication

Leadership

Teaching and Assessing

Facilitation skills

IT skills

Presentation skills

Recruitment and Selection

Knowledge

Current issues in healthcare

Current issues within education

Standards of professional practice

Clinical & Quality GovernanceFrameworks and application

PersonalAttributes

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to monitor, maintain andimprove service delivery

Innovator

Enthusiastic motivator

Assertiveness

Flexibility, adaptability and capableof lateral thinking

COREBEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS

Thepost holder will be responsible for ensuring that evidence based best practiceideas are spread and shared both within the Trust and partner organisations.

Inco-ordinating the work of an education team, the post holder will need toliaise with and engage with a cross section of staff disciplines nurses,clinicians, directors, managers, laboratory and administration staff, todeliver measurable outcomes.

Thepost holder will contribute to a sharing network through training andpublication of education tools, techniques and initiatives. This will ensureroutine and rapid communication of developments, ideas, success stories andopportunities for staff developmentinternally and externally.

Thepost holder will participate in working parties which propose changes to localand national strategies for education in Healthcare and Clinical Sciences and will support the implementation of thesechanges.

The post holder will have regular contact with staffacross the Trust, other CSUs, patients, carers, Department of Health and otherAcute

Trustsand must always behave in an appropriate and polite manner, workingcollaboratively and having the knowledge to know where the boundaries ofconfidentiality lie.

Thepost holder will demonstrate a flexible approach to testing new ideas, toolsand techniques in order to ensure that the team is innovative and able tocontinually refine their approaches to reflect and develop leading edgeeducation practice.

COREKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Thepost holder must have an understanding of educational planning, delivery andevaluation and associated challenges. It is essential that they have knowledgeand understanding of the NHS Constitution and NHS Improvement goals andpolicies, the NHS modernisation agenda, the wider health economy and Insightinto the hierarchy of the NHS structure, national and local targets. Thepostholder will be expected to understand the transformation objective of thenational genomics programme and the key importance of education in deliveringthis agenda.

PRINCIPALDUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Lead the delivery of education andtraining across the Pathology CSU

Chair the Pathology Training and Development.

Contribute to the planning, deliveryand evaluation work as a member of the Pathology operations, and Trust wideHealthcare Scientist EducationGroup. Utilisation of their education andtraining knowledge and experices to formalise education and training strategiesin retention and recruitment of staff.

Undertake a training needs assessment(TNA), in collaboration with local education partners of staff across the CSU,working with NPP andWYATT partners , including formal educational profiling of individuals, focusgroups and surveys

Plan, develop, implement and monitoreducation strategies to address the requirements of the TNA for Pathology atLTHT

Work with the clinical director andHead of Profession of the Pathology CSU to establish and maintain a database ofeducational development and needs of staff to facilitate accurate targeting ofeducational opportunities and research fellowships

Co-ordinate local access andappropriate allocation of places across the CSU and working ocollborativeleywith WYAAT Partners to secure HEEeducation and other resources and applications to nationally deliveredworkshops and programmes

Co-ordinate the development,implementation, evaluation and reporting of education materials for patientsand the public around pathological sciences

Co-ordinate patient and public accessto HEE education resources

Organise, co-ordinate and deliverlocal partnership training with NPP partners

Develop and support nursing, medicaland laboratory staff to deliver local partnership concerning pathologicalsciences

Working with Organisation Developmentin the procuction and support of training programmes relevenant to thePathology CSU staff

Organise and disseminate theutilisation of HEE educational resources, including targeted educationalresources. Co-ordinate and organise access to individuals or areas of nationalexpertise for staff.

Share best practice and expertiseacross the WYAAT and NPP network and across the HEE education and trainingnetwork

Work with the HEE Education Programmeteam on the transformation evaluation projects and establish local systems tomeasure the impact of interventions

Workwith local and national education teams to develop,deliverand evaluate educational programmes and workshops for managers andcommissioners of services.

Work with the HEE Education Programmeteam to develop resources, and provide support and expertise for theirplanning, commissioning and implementation across the education and trainingsystem

Oversight and leadership of theon-going implementation ProfilerLive training system across the CSU, supportedfrom a technical standpoint by Pathology IT.

practical skills or Additional Requirements

Essential

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Skills & behaviours

Essential

Experience

Essential

Desirable