Therapy Workforce Education & Training Lead | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 Per Annum Inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM2 5PT |
| Company: | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6326837/282-SA1245903 |
Summary
The Allied Health Professions (AHP) Workforce Education & Training Lead will be responsible for supporting the Chief AHP in leading the strategic development and implementation of the Trust’s AHP workforce agenda. Working across the system, the post holder will work closely with existing internal structures including clinical groups, Learning and Development department (L&D), AHP Stratetigc Leads, Practice Educators and AHP networks, and external organisations, including Health Education England (HEE) and the South East London AHP Faculty.
This role will be instrumental in ensuring that the AHP workforce is recruited and developed to contribute to and lead in the provision of outstanding, evidence based patient care and professional development. The post holder will support the development of solutions for expanding AHP clinical placement capacity and lead the implementation of these ideas. The post holder will also have a portfolio of work programmes to lead and develop further programmes of work that support the development of the AHP workforce across the Trust, including apprenticeships, return to practice and new role development, such as preceptorship programmes.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
• To represent the RMH AHPs in the NWL and SWL AHP Faculty (sponsored byWTE) working closely with its members and the faculty lead to support achieving priorities and continuous staff development.
• Identify need for skills development in relation to clinical placement expansion amongst the AHP workforce presenting options and solutions.
• Coordinate clinical placement data collation and analysis as required.
• Initiate, organise, facilitate and participate in events such as workshops
• Proactively develop proposals and recommendations for new education and development programmes to help improve AHP practice across the Trust and to support world class AHP training and development.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024
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