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London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

About
The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) is the largest free ambulance service in the world, caring for more than one-and-a-half million patients every year.
We are the only London-wide NHS Trust and are at the frontline of the NHS in the capital. We serve an area of approximately 620 square miles. Broadly speaking, this is the whole area within the M25.
We have two main functions - the provision of an Accident and Emergency service to respond to 999 calls and our Patient Transport Service, which performs an important role in taking patients to and from their hospital appointments.
In addition, we also manage the Emergency Bed Service, which co-ordinates registers of specialised care facilities available across London, along with some national monitoring services.
Contact
- Address
- London Ambulance Service Headquarters
- 220 Waterloo Road
- London
- SE1 8SD
- Contact Number
- 020 3069 0260
Education Sector Support Manager
Closed for applications on: 7-Jun-2023 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 7-Jun-2023 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Clinical Education Centres East / West
- Address
- Dockside Education Centre / Brentside Education Centre
- Town
- Newham / Brentford
- Postcode
- E16 2QU
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Education Sector Support Manager
London Ambulance Service covers an area of 620 sq. miles, serves one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital and attend more than 1.2 million incidents every single year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.
We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer across London to respond to the health needs of over eight million people who live, work and travel in the capital. We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and NHS England for our specialist services. We work alongside London’s hospital, mental health and specialist trusts, as well as the five STPs across Greater London.
In addition we work in partnership with the other emergency services, London’s Air Ambulance and London’s Resilience Forums to make sure we are ready and prepared to respond to major incidents and ensure we keep Londoners safe. As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.
Job overview
Based in 1 of 2 areas (Brentford or Dockside Education Centre), may be required to work at pan London Education and Operational sites
The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of both clinical/technical related education and training for all operational colleagues
The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the LAS Partner Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) academic year deliverable outcomes including LAS based HEI education
Working autonomously to provide education and training services to local managers, the post holder will also be responsible for co-ordinating the local delivery of the service’s Education and Development Strategy and Plan, providing management and leadership for its delivery across their operational area
The post holder will be responsible for providing clear, effective, reliable and empowering management and leadership
Acting as an integral member of the local operational management team, ensuring that work place based education and development function is responsive and appropriate to service needs
The post holder will ensure best practise across the service whilst maintaining compliance with local and national policies and standards
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Maintain personal clinical/technical skills including requirements for patient contact activity by ensuring your patient facing readiness
Maintain effective and collaborative relationships with local management (CTM, ATM, SSM, QGAM, LGM, ADO) and quality teams, supporting the ongoing education of clinical staff (examples attending and supporting TPR meetings, sharing learning from incidents, arrange and deliver locally delivered specific training, support CPD sessions)
Maintain effective and collaborative relationships with Partner HEI Senior Faculty teams, Lecturing staff, quality teams, supporting the ongoing education of HEI students. (examples attending and supporting TPR meetings, sharing learning from incidents, arrange and deliver Practice Education courses and support CPD sessions) Meet with manage and build relationships with national HEI and NHS forums and committees to secure funding for HEI student placements
Provide support and advice to local senior managers on patient care related issues and complaints/investigations
Support CE&S management in achieving high quality learning environments aligned to local and national frameworks and associated performance returns
Contribute to the transformation and development of the department, it’s purpose and culture
Working for our organisation
London Ambulance Service serves one of the worlds most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital every year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.
We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer, across London to respond to the health needs of over 8 million people who live, work and travel in the capital.
We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 STPs and NHS England for our specialist services.
As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Oversight of all learners and HEI students in the operational environment to ensure we enable them to complete their educational awards / programme
Ensure a robust communication link between CE&S, Operations and HEIs to provide support and engagement
Updating operational management with any changes to the portfolio / apprenticeship / Practice
Assessment Documents requirements in a timely and consistent manner
Effective communication systems within the team to ensure free flow of necessary information is passed on to local operational areas and HEIs
Manage the delivery of the Emergency Operations Training Plan in line with the Service needs Manage the development of effective practices so Emergency Operations staff are confident to respond rapidly and effectively to changes in patient care and demands
Attend both LAS and HEI Curriculum Committee meetings to support the review and monitoring of core courses to ensure effective and relevant delivery of training and identify areas of development Support the management of the Trust’s Apprenticeship strategy in line with service needs
Ensure the local implementation of all current patient care development strategies, and the monitoring and promotion of Clinical Governance issues within practice based clinical education and development
Take a key role in continuous improvement and development activity, contributing to developing new practices that will lead, through education, learning and personal/career development, to both improved patient care and staff job satisfaction and welfare Support the delivery of the Trust Strategy, including the Clinical Strategy and Learning and Development Strategy Identify local ad hoc, emerging and future clinical education and HEI development needs and assist in the design of strategies capable of meeting them
Contribute to, and participate in, the continuous audit, review, development and maintenance of the quality and professional standards of all education and training services delivered within HEI and LAS centre to achieve and maintain the highest educational and clinical standards
Support the Clinical Education & Standards management team in the implementation of all current patient care development strategies
Support the Clinical Education Manager to plan and implement the local education and development delivery strategies
Participate in the evaluation of training initiatives and support senior managers to develop strategies to overcome performance deficiencies in relation to sector support
Understand that the outcomes of current patient care development strategies influence clinical training and education packages and monitor and promote Clinical Governance issues
Support the Clinical Education & Standards management team in the implementation of all current patient care development strategies Ensure the local implementation of all current professional development strategies
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is a member of the Business Disability Forum and is a Disability Confident Employer.
For more information on our equalities strategy, please visit our website and review our current equalities strategy.
In addition to the basic salary for all Agenda for Change posts, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in line with the NHS Agenda for Change provides 15% or 20% High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) dependant on the location of your role. The supplement is subject to minimum and maximum payment.
High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) for part time employee will be based on the part time salary.
Correspondence regarding an application will be done via email to all job applicants. Please ensure you provide current e-mail address on the job application form and please check your email inbox and junk mail regularly.
If you are successful at interview and offered employment, your personal details will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Pre-employment checks will be required for all applicants who are issued with a conditional offer of employment. This includes Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) checks as required for the post and registration with the DBS update service. Documents presented for the purpose of Identity Checks will be verified for authenticity via an ID Scanner. The security features to be checked include machine readable zone, ultra violet image and infra-red image.
The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust reserves the right to close adverts before the published closing date due to high volumes of applications received.
If you do not hear back from us within four weeks of the advert closing date, please assume that you have not been successful at the shortlisting stage.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional/degree level qualification or equivalent
- Post-Graduate Certificate of Education/Certificate of Education or IHCD Ambulance Tutor award
- Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) or equivalent, or ability to complete
- HCPC Paramedic registrant
- Evidence of continuous personal and career development
- Full, driving licence, valid in the UK and no more than 3 penalty points
Experience
Essential criteria
- Current practising and HCPC Registered Paramedic with significant experience
- Experience in teaching / education services
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of managing, developing and motivating staff in a team context
- Ability to chair working groups and committee’s
- Recent experience of managing, developing and motivating staff in a team context
- Experience of influencing at a senior managerial level
- Experience of engaging effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Evidence of proficiency in using software and digital technology, including mobile and social media platforms, to support education and clinical practice
- Experience of working with digital technologies including mobile/electronic learning apps, including Totara, ESR/OLM, GRS, ePCR, CMC, MiDOS, MPDS, Adastra
- Ambulance, emergency service, or health service experience
- Experience of working within a complex multi-site learning environment
- Experience of budget management
- Experience conducting investigations and writing reports that may include sensitive or contentious information
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in teams to deliver programmes and projects of work which involve change
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matthew Williams
- Job title
- Clinical Education Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07767346660
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