The closing date is 27 April 2025
Salary: £61,927 to £68,676 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS
Job summary
The post-holder is responsible for high-quality continuing professional development (CPD) for nurses working in Emergency Service Division (ESD) at UCLH. The post holder will lead the design and development of the CPD across nursing within ESD at UCLH, in response to ESD nursing priorities and development of new opportunities and roles to future proof workforce retention.
The post holder will also work under the direction of the Emergency Service Division Senior Matron to develop and lead ESD Nurse Education Strategy. Key areas of focus are preceptorship, rotation programme, specialist CPD education, and career pathways specific to urgent and emergency care. The post holder will work with ESD Senior Matron to develop and deliver the education strategy and coherent CPD and post-graduate career pathways.
The promotion of UCLH as a centre of excellence for nursing practice and research, fostering a culture that values staff, recognises achievement and enables career progression and succession planning.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the development of patient-focused clinical practice is supported via the practice development structure and its network of clinical practice facilitators (CPFs) in the delivery of excellence in nursing care and the objectives of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered nurse
- Educated to Masters level
- Leadership Qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Critical Care Qualification
Desirable
- Research module
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years relevant NHS Band 7 or above experience in a teaching/educational/practice development role
- Proven success record managing operational or strategic change
- Experience of developing and maintaining a high quality service
- Successful project management experience
- Experience of developing policies and guidelines
Desirable
- Experience of working in collaboration with and across organisational boundaries
- Experience of managing a budget
Communication
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience of liaising with external partners, across traditional boundaries
Desirable
- Experience of writing business cases and reports
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Experience of supporting others’ personal development
- Has excellent organisational skills
- Able to demonstrate decision-making skills
- Experience of managing complex situations
- Able to manage time effectively
- Able to prioritise objectives and workload
Health, Safety And Security
Essential
- Monitors and maintains health, safety and security of self and others
- Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security Clinical Governance and Risk
- Management experience
Service Improvement
Essential
- Thorough understanding of NHS improvement agenda
Desirable
- Skill-mix and workforce planning Business planning Skills
Quality
Essential
- Quality assurance and Improvement
- Developing policies and protocols
- In-depth knowledge and experience of nursing quality and audit issues
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- Respects the privacy and dignity of the individual
- Understands the implications of equal opportunities in practice
Knowledge and Information Resources
Essential
- Able to utilise ICT to full potential
- Collection, interpretation & dissemination of information & data from a variety of sources
Learning and Development
Essential
- In-depth understanding of relevant national professional and PD issues
- Aware of relevant Trust priorities
- Able to design, deliver and evaluate training programmes
- Able to advise on related issues
- Financial Management :Budgetary management skills
- People management: Able to delegate
- Highly professional role model
- Staff management experience
- Capacity and Capability : Committed to practice, staff and organisational development
- Evidence of cross -boundary working
- Ability to manage competing priorities
- Able to work on/under own initiative
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).