Job summary
Employer heading
Governance and Training Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
London Ambulance Service covers an area of 620 sq. miles, serves one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital and attend more than 1.2 million incidents every single year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.
We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer across London to respond to the health needs of over eight million people who live, work and travel in the capital. We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and NHS England for our specialist services. We work alongside London’s hospital, mental health and specialist trusts, as well as the five STPs across Greater London.
In addition we work in partnership with the other emergency services, London’s Air Ambulance and London’s Resilience Forums to make sure we are ready and prepared to respond to major incidents and ensure we keep Londoners safe. As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.
Job overview
London Ambulance Service (LAS) have an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader/trainer who is passionate about training and proactive about improving out of hospital cardiac arrest outcomes (OHCA). To fulfil this varied role you will need a flexible approach, an ability to "think outside of the box" and a willingness to not only embrace but lead on service wide change to out of hospital cardiac arrest management. You will be joining at a pivotal time in the delivery of our volunteer strategic initiatives. LAS is striving to improve OHCA and are dedicated to addressing health inequalities across the capital with the First Responder Department leading on a number of the core initiatives. We have committed to teaching a generation of school children vital lifesaving skills, alongside developing a brand new Community First Responder scheme and launching a public access defib campaign. The Governance and Training Manager will need to be an experienced, motivated and passionate clinical trainer with the ability to lead all of the LAS Volunteers and Community Resuscitation Trainers across all aspects of the FRDs commitments.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the development, management and delivery of all training provide by the First Responder Department, ensuring the efficiency of all regulated and non regulated awards. You will be responsible for monitoring, reviewing and improving all training materials and courses and ensuring compliance with all regulating bodies. Provide clear, effective day to day management within the First Responder department, including supporting and mentoring staff and volunteers. You will be actively involved in promoting clinical best practice for staff and volunteers in London with particular focus on improving OHCA survival. You will lead on projects and schemes of work and be accountable for the cost effective and timely delivery of these. You will be responsible for continuing the work on the LAS strategy with particular focus on mission 3 : Our London, Proactive at making London healthier. Including setting up new initiatives, developing long term strategies to ensure the sustainability of LAS commitment to improving OHCA survival rates across the capital.
Working for our organisation
London ambulance Service responds to over 10,000 cardiac arrests a year Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:
- Our care – delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
- Our organisation – being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
- Our London – using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.
To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants are advised to read all the information enclosed in the advert before completing an application. For further details of main responsibilities, please see attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications, Accreditations, Education
Essential criteria
- Professional/degree level qualification or equivalent
- Trainer/educator at PGCert Ed/Cert Ed level or minimum RQF L5 equivalent
- Assessor qualification at a minimum of RQF L3 (CAVA or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in educational/training services
- Significant experience of clinical teaching and assessing
- Experience in developing and implementing Quality Assurance processes
- Experience of working with OFQUAL regulated awards and Regulatory Bodies
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to speak/present in public
- Ability to work effectively across departmental and professional boundaries
- Ability to employ the full range of leadership/managerial skills in providing empowerment and support to individuals and teams
- Ability to identify, plan and prioritise own work
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Palfreyman Jones
- Job title
- Head of First Responders
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919043031
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