Job overview

Are you an Allied Health Professional/Registered Nurse who is looking for the opportunity to develop and diversify your career, and make a significant contribution in attracting, developing, and retaining highly skilled, engaged and compassionate people who thrive to make a positive difference to patient care? 

If this interests you then the Learning, Education and Development Team (LEaD) would be delighted to hear from you. We are a forward thinking and progressive department that thrives on growing and developing our people.  We will be keen to develop your existing skills and abilities, offering you 'stretch' opportunities to increase your expertise, further enhancing your career potential. 

We are looking for someone who will contribute and collaborate with colleagues on initiatives that nurture, grow and develop our NHS workforce aligned to the NHS People Promise and our People and OD Strategy.  This role will provide you the chance to demonstrate and develop your clinical, leadership, educational and research abilities.

We are seeking an individual, who has a passion and interest for education and development, to join our dynamic, friendly and innovative team. A working knowledge and experience of clinical apprenticeship programmes would be desirable. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder should also have experience of supporting learning and development in clinical practice settings, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an ability to lead, facilitate and develop learning in clinical practice. 

This opportunity is to cover the current post holder on maternity leave for 1 year.

This post will have a particular focus on the support of clinical apprentices including Registered Nurse Degree (RNDA), Trainee Nursing Associates (TNA), AHP (Allied Healthcare Professionals) and Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP). In partnership with the relevant clinical and education leads they will contribute to developing a health workforce that has the right skills, behaviours, and training available in the right numbers, to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement. The post holder will directly line mange a cohort of apprentices through their learning journey.

Working for our organisation

We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.