Band 8b Head of Post Registration and Unregistered Education

Job summary

The post holder will work at a senior level within the School of Nursing, AHP and Midwifery at University Hospitals Birmingham. The post holder will play a fundamental role in ensuring that UHB has a competent, skilled and capable workforce across nursing, AHP, midwifery and health care support work. They will manage a range of portfolios including specialist education, and more corporate functions such as induction and preceptorship. They will work closely with the School team and senior leaders across the trust which includes a close working relationship with workforce directors. The post holder will have autonomy and be empowered to manage the workstreams with a clear and translatable vision. 

Main duties, tasks & skills required

*Lead and deliver Post Registration and Unregistered Education curriculum development across UHB in line with the workforce strategy/training needs analysis and in collaboration with Higher Education Institutes (HEI's) and external partners.

*Champion excellence in education by establishing and managing the non-medical education curriculum, overseeing the design and development of the portfolio. Creating innovative approaches to education design and delivery.

*Encourage deeper learner engagement in enhancement of learning and teaching and the learner experience.

*Lead and motivate the Post Registration and Unregistered Education teams to contribute to the Directorate's success in education.

*Lead the delivery of organisational and cultural change within the Post Registration and Unregistered Education teams

*Benchmark and deliver improvements in the non-medical education KPI's and performance targets.

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

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters Degree or equivalent experience

Project/Programme Management Qualification

Formal teaching qualification (PGCE)

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

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in an Education role and at a Senior Manager level

within the NHS and/or Higher Education Institute/NHS provider organisation

Experience of designing, commissioning, delivering and evaluating education

programmes

Detailed understanding of the education quality agenda including its scope,

structure, methods of operation, processes and inter-relationships

Understanding of Organisation Development principals

Detailed understanding of education curriculum design and development in line

with national policy and professional regulatory frameworks

Understanding of the current Health Education England agenda from a quality

and workforce development perspective

Extensive knowledge of education quality and governance, acquired through

post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further

specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent

Evidence of post graduate and continuing professional development

Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current health

education and workforce development.

Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Health Education

England, and education co