The Joint Care Sector Clinical Fellow (JCSF) is a new innovative role working between WWL NHS FT, Edge Hill University and the social care sector to support social care organisations to foster an inclusive learning environment that will promote diverse career pathways. The JCSF will support the development of blended roles and delegated tasks in social care and create a shared learning environment that benefits social care staff and learners. The JCSF will support nursing students and nursing associates in the social care and HEI setting providing a conduit for learning that spans across academia and social care.
Please Note: This role is PENDING AFC SALARY BANDING APPROVAL; therefore, salary cannot be fully confirmed until the Banding is approved.

KEY REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:

Facilitating the development and ensuring a sufficient provision of educators / assessor / supervisors providing supervision and support structures, creating capacity, building capability, and ensuring consistency and efficiency within social care placement providers within the locality.
Structuring and coordinating interprofessional learning activity across social care placement providers(s) in collaboration with WWL and Edge Hill University.
Lead on the structuring, design and delivery of inter-professional learning in practice for healthcare learners and educators / assessors / supervisors across a range of social care providers.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Planning and Organisational Duties
Work in partnership with WWL, Edge Hill University and a range of social care providers in the delivery of multiprofessional development programmes for educators / assessors / supervisors in order to meet the learning needs of different professional groups across the social care sector.

Teaching, Learning & Scholarship

• Effectively lead taught modules and contribute appropriately to programmes, taking a lead role in curriculum delivery and organisation, including teaching
• Develop and use teaching and learning strategies across aspects of a course, which encourage student involvement and advances their independent learning, adapting delivery to suit students’ needs;

Communications & Key Working Relationships

• Close collaborative working with WWL Practice Education Team to ensure quality, safety and consistency across the borough and shared learning and best practice. Also for peer support in role.
• Act as an expert resource / Champion of Interprofessional Learning in Placement Provider/s.
• Share best practice relating to Quality Assurance and Interprofessional Learning across social care sector

Research, Services & Project Management

• Publish and disseminate the results of research in peer-reviewed journals or other appropriate outlets of recognised academic quality in line with area of expertise
• Provide best practice advice in a clinical setting for educators and staff in relation to education in practice

Responsibility for Development, Innovation & Leadership

• Network locally, regionally and nationally with peer group to support the sharing of best practice.
• Seek to enhance the quality of education and provision by ensuring that high standards of teaching and learning are maintained on the relevant courses to which they contribute

Please refer the Job description for details