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Job summary

Main area
Practice development
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
423-7027354
Employer
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Airedale General Hospital
Town
Steeton
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/03/2025 23:59

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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead for Pre-Registration Education (Band 7)

NHS AfC: Band 7

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.  

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale.  We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030.  By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

 

Job overview

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated Registered Healthcare Practitioner with excellent leadership, communication and clinical practice skills.

This is a fantastic time to join our organisation as we redesign our structure and focus on new and exciting workstreams.

This role will be pivotal to the growth of our education provision in line with our new workforce, digital and clinical strategies. 

You will need a flexible approach to working across the trust and have the desire to work alongside our learners and work with external partners in relation to pre-registration education provision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead on the development of a quality assurance education process for all clinical (non-medical) programmes of education provided by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust under the direction /support of the Assistant Director of Nursing Midwifery and AHP workforce &safe staffing.
The post holder will ensure effective governance processes are in place across the Trust for pre-registration programmes.

Working for our organisation

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

  • Cycle to Work
  • Travel Scheme
  • Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
  • Onsite Nursery
  • Buying and Selling Annual Leave
  • Car Leasing
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Health and Wellbeing
  • Extensive Reward Scheme
  • Counselling Service
  • Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
  • Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

 

Our values:

We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

  • Committed to Quality of Care
  • Compassion
  • Working together for patients
  • Improving Lives
  • Everyone Counts
  • Respect and Dignity

 

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of this job vacancy please see attached full job description and person specification. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Health Care Practitioner
  • Relevant degree or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • Management/ leadership Qualification
  • Recognised teaching qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in a management position/team leadership
  • Evidence of planning implementing and evaluating curriculum requirements for post registration healthcare professional programmes
  • Experience of managing placement capacity
  • Experience of managing a team
  • Track record of innovation and change management
  • Experience of working with external stakeholders eg. HEI; NHS Partners
  • Understanding of the NHS Long term plan
  • Excellent knowledge of best practice across the spectrum of national training requirements
  • Excellent organisational capabilities
  • Excellent time management
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working in a busy training and development environment.
  • Evidence of research capabilities
  • Experience in policy development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardDisability Confident - two yearsNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jack Lewis
Job title
Non-Medical Workforce Planning Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07903156937
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