Band 8b Head of Pre-registration Education

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse, AHP or midwifery professional to lead the development and progression of high quality support to our pre-registration nursing, AHP and midwifery students in the Trust. The successful candidate will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of the School's commitment to education excellence across its pre-registration education portfolio. The Head of Pre-registration Education is responsible for developing long-term strategies to transform the pre-registration student experience to enable the Trust to become the preferred employer in the region and beyond, developing effective innovative solutions as organisationally required.

A key aspect of the post is to work collaboratively with our university partners in developing student placement capacity to accommodate students whilst promoting the best student experience in the region. The post holder will provide strategic leadership to successfully develop and continuously evaluate the initiation of the Learner Led Clinical Learning Environments and other placement innovations across the organisation.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Reporting to the Deputy Head of School and accountable to the Head of School, the successful candidate will provide inspirational leadership to the pre-registration team to enable them to offer and support an excellent student experience. The key skills required are:

*Set out the practical and theoretical vision for an excellent student experience under the School.

*Lead organisational and cultural change through the development and delivery of the Learner Led Clinical Learning Environment (LLE) and other innovations across the organisation in collaboration with university partners, staff, students, and relevant external partners.

*Champion excellence in student experience by creating innovative approaches to student placement capacity and supporting groundbreaking placement pathways.

*Interpret and analyse intelligence/data against education and training pathways in line with national standards and priorities set by DHSC and NHSE.

*Strengthen the reputation of the School and Trust by effective collaboration between pre-registration education, regulatory bodies and key stakeholders.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Masters degree or equivalent experience

*Formal teaching qualification (PGCE)

*Registered NHS professional (i.e. Nurse, Midwife, AHP)

Desirable

*Project/Programme Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

*Experience of working in an Education role and at a Senior Manager level within the NHS and/or Accredited Education Institute/NHS provider organisation.

*Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating education placement-based programmes.

*Detailed understanding of the pre-registration education agenda including its scope, structure, methods of operation, processes and inter-relationships.

*Detailed understanding of pre-registration education curriculum design and development in line with national policy and professional, statutory and regulatory bodies frameworks.

*Understanding of the current NHSE Workforce Training and Development agenda from a quality and workforce development perspective.

*Experience of developing governance frameworks to support education commission, quality and performance.

*Experience of writing business cases.

*Experience of developing papers and supporting formal sub-committees.

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Personal and professional integrity and confidence.

*An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.

*Used to working in a busy environment.

*Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.

*Commitment to continuing professional development.

*A completer finisher.

*Resilience and drive.

*Able to work and travel across UHB and other partner Trust sites across the Midlands.

*Flexible approach to working hours to cover the requirements of the role.

*Displays smart appearance and integrity.

*Reliable, punctual, proactive approach.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Lucy Martin 

lucy.martin@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213714196