Job summary
- Main area
- Education
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 423-423334317
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Clinical Skills and Resuscitation (Band 8a)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead our clinical skills and resuscitation team and services.
The post holder will be clinically qualified expert in resuscitation and education practice, with the ability to manage a team of people. The role provides leadership within medical education practice and is a key part of our provision for patients, learners, and wider colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to:
1. Promote the NHS and the Trust as an excellent place to learn and develop clinical skills to care for patients.
2. Undertake the day to day management of the Clinical Skills Centre including the line management of relevant staff, management of the Centre as a facility and acting as budget holder.
3. Manage, facilitate and participate in the delivery of clinical skills training (technical and/or non-technical) predominantly to undergraduate medical students, junior doctors and other clinical staff groups where the subject matter is also relevant for medical staff.
4. Contribute to the pastoral support networks for work experience students, medical students and junior doctors.
5. Ensure the Trust provides a comprehensive evidenced based resuscitation services under the direction of the Trust Resuscitation Lead.
6. Support the development of human factors and simulation based training under the direction of the Trust Human Factors & Simulation Lead.
7. Be a key member of the Education Senior Management Team (SMT) and the Medical Education governance arrangements to provide assurance about the planning, delivery and quality of education and training provision.
8. Deputise for the General Manager (MDU) and consultants in medical education leadership roles as appropriate and when commensurate with the role.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification. Informal discussion regarding the scope of the job description is welcomed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Professional
- Masters Degree
- Teaching qualification (eg SLIP, PGCE)
- ALS instructor
Desirable criteria
- ALS course director
- GIC instructor
- Prescriber
- Additional education accreditation (eg ASPiH sim, FHEA)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant clinical experience
- Significant experience working in clinical skills
- Significant experience working in resuscitation training
- Leadership / managerial role
- Education design and assessment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical examination
- Foundation programme clinical skills
- Demonstrable IT / presentation skills
General
Essential criteria
- Attention to detail
- Demonstrates team work / leadership within application
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Jenny Newbury
- Job title
- General Manager, Medical Director's Unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294024
- Additional information
For further information please call Clinical Skills Tel No: 01535 294430
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