Job summary
Employer heading
System Apprenticeship Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Patent and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
Norfolk & Waveney Integrated Care System (N&W ICS) want to embed apprenticeships in the heart of workforce planning and development. They provide a unique opportunity to diversify the workforce by recruiting staff from non-traditional backgrounds whilst also offering career development pathways for existing staff.
N&W ICS, in partnership with University of Suffolk’s Centre of Excellence in Health Apprenticeships, want to develop system apprenticeship programmes to enable individuals to gain wider knowledge and skills across a range of healthcare providers to deliver integrated patient care.
This is a strategic role combining leadership, planning and delivery skills to champion and develop apprenticeships across the Norfolk & Waveney Integrated Care system.
This is an opportunity to bring together system partners and educational providers including HEIs and Colleges to develop and deliver apprenticeships. A key focus will be to embed apprenticeships as the key recruitment method into all clinical and non-clinical roles with the aim of addressing key workforce challenges of an aging workforce and diversifying the workforce profile in order that it more accurately reflects the local population.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have extensive experience in apprenticeships and workforce and be an experienced system leader. They will feel passionately about developing career pathways which will enable young people to transition from education into employment through apprenticeship programmes and support managers to develop their current workforce. They will have an excellent track record in delivering on projects and initiatives as well as engaging and working flexibly with a wide range of stake holders.
The post holder will be a senior member of the SNEE workforce team and will work collaboratively with the UoS’ Pro-Vice Chancellor (Health).
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role please see the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification which sets out all the information.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Post Graduate Qualification or Masters’ level or equivalent experience / qualification in related discipline
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of coordinating education and development programmes to a multi-professional diverse workforce
- Experience organising and prioritising competing projects.
- Experience of negotiation and management of contracts and service level agreements with external providers
- Specialist Knowledge of latest Apprenticeship national policies, guidelines and planned developments.
Desirable criteria
- NHS management experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to promote and market educational initiatives in a complex environment.
- Ability to apply research and development skills to evaluate and benchmark services and training delivery against national guidance.
- Demonstrable ability to influence through engagement and persuasion.
- Ability to work across all Trust sites as required.
Applicant requirements
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
- Claire Ward
- Job title
- Corporate Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493 453878
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