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South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

About

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is part of the National Health Service (NHS). We respond to 999 calls from the public, urgent calls from healthcare professionals and provide NHS 111 services across the region.

As part of the NHS we are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. It ensures that health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate high quality care and encourages care services to improve.

You can find our latest report here South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - Overview - Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk) and previous reports on the CQC Website.

We have a vision to support our staff and provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities.

Our 4,000+ staff provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire.

Our two main functions:

Accident and emergency service to respond to 999 calls
NHS 111 service for when medical help is needed fast, but it's not an emergency

We currently have a number of available roles and we would love for you to join our service.

Contact

Address: Nexus House; 4 Gatwick Road; Crawley; West Sussex; RH10 9BG
Contact Number: 0300 123 0999

Find out more

Jobs Website

Closed

Ref: 278-SEM-0225-CC Vacancy ID: 6920768

Senior Education Manager

Closed for applications on: 26-Jan-2025 08:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 26-Jan-2025 08:00

Location

Site: Clinical Education Centre Haywards Heath
Address: Harlands Road
Town: Haywards Heath
Postcode: RH16 1LT
Major / Minor Region: West Sussex

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Secondment: 6 months
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 0
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: education

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.

Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Work with the Consultant Paramedic (Clinical Education), Head of Education, operational managers, and HR to develop a Strategy to support the workforce plan and the achievement of the trust’s aims and objectives.

Oversee the Clinical Conversion Course programme working closely with others involved with the recruitment and induction of new recruits for example colleagues in the OD team and the HR Operations/Resourcing team.

Oversee the transition to practice programme for newly qualified Paramedics, working closely with the Transition to Practice Manager and others involved with the recruitment and induction of new recruits for example colleagues in the OD team and the HR Operations/Resourcing team

Ensure that new graduates (and all other new recruits) receive a professional introduction to the organisation and that issues or concerns in the first few weeks of employment whilst undertaking their initial training are resolved efficiently and promptly. This may include liaising with other colleagues/operational managers as required.

Ensure all other new recruits receive a professional introduction to the organisation and that issues or concerns in the first few weeks of employment whilst undertaking their initial training are resolved efficiently and promptly. This may include liaising with other colleagues/operational managers as required.

Develop Key Skills updates to ensure that the Trust meets statutory and mandatory requirements and that patient safety is maintained.

Manage and coordinate the delivery of key skills updates across the organisation using local operating unit capacity to deliver the training.

Lead the delivery of short courses/CPD across the organisation ensuring that courses meet the current and future needs of individuals and the organisation in accordance with the clinical strategy and changing operating model.

Act as the Trust lead for Continuing Professional Development, providing appropriate CPD material that will support staff to maintain their clinical competence.

Manage the Ambulance Simulator to maximise its use as a resource ensuring good Return on Investment.

Lead on, develop, and implement the trust’s approach to Professional and Clinical development.

Work with the other members of the education team to establish processes for the evaluation of training and development provided to ensure that it meets organisational requirements and represents a sound investment.

Lead the Trusts e-learning work stream to ensure that e-learning is managed appropriately with a focus on realising the benefits of the planned roll out of tablets to all operational staff.

Manage a delegated proportion of the Clinical Education budget within the Trust’s financial policies and procedures, to ensure optimum cost effectiveness in the use of resources deployment

Advise on academic, professional and technical developments within their field of expertise.

Participate in programme planning and development meetings within the Directorate and with FE colleges and other external partners and stakeholders.

Evaluate and provide quality assurance for training and development undertaken in the trust to ensure it is effective and complies with local and national requirements (insurance, NHSLA, CQC etc). Make or recommend improvements where necessary to ensure that the intended outcome of the training is achieved.

Participate in the assessment and management of clinical risk.

Undertake Serious Untoward investigations, provide advice and coaching to senior clinical managers when required in order to maintain professional standards

Work with the other clinical education colleagues to ensure the production of the trust’s annual Training and Development Plan.

Engage with line managers and the clinical audit team to identify their training and development needs and those of their staff and to develop training interventions to meet these.

Supervise the assessment and examination of learners within Clinical Education and its partner organisations’ Assessment and Examination Procedures.

Participate in the evaluation of on-going training and development initiatives and propose strategies to overcome performance deficiencies.

Lead on the clinical assessment of candidates as part of the recruitment and selection process as required.

Undertake any other work commensurate with the grade of the post.

Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.

Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination.

Going forward, for patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front line staff.

In line with this recommendation, if you are successful in your application for a front line post, we will seek information from you in relation to your vaccine status, including exemption status, as applicable.

Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post. This will either be a basic, standard, or enhanced check depending on the role. The level of check will be outlined in the conditional offer letter sent to successful applicants.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to declare any unspent/unfiltered convictions. If you are shortlisted you will then be sent a self declaration form, which must be completed prior to attending interview. for any queries relating to declarations, please contact the Recruitment Advisor listed on the vacancy.

The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups.

The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable.

We are a committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.

When completing the application please use your name as it appears on your passport and please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.

The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you’re applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this.

Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [email protected] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this.

When completing the reference section, please include details to cover the last three years’ history.

Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.

Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly.

Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason we recommend completing your application as early as possible.

Follow our recruitment on Twitter @SECAmbRecruit and check out our Facebook page - SECAmb NHS Recruitment. You can also find us on Linkedin under South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

We understand that AI tools can be useful for generating ideas or structuring your application. However, any content submitted must reflect your own experiences, skills, and understanding. Applications that are generated wholly or in large part by AI, without personalisation or accuracy, may be excluded from consideration. We value honesty, authenticity, and integrity in the recruitment process and expect all applicants to uphold these principles.

If you are a current SECAmb employee, by applying for this position, if successful you will move to the terms and conditions associated with the post. Any unsocial hours payments will be paid under the Section 2 agreement of agenda for change. Section 2 unsocial hours will need to be claimed via your monthly timesheet. More information regarding section 2 can be found in the Agenda for Change handbook and on the our dedicated Section 2 page on The Zone.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.