Learning and Development Consultant-Clinical Skills (Physical Health)

at  Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

We are pleased to be able to offer an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinician to join our Mandatory and Essential Skills Training team. We are looking for a registered clinical professional who is passionate about the development of others and has an interest in the design and delivery of clinical skills training. While it would beneficial, this role does not require a background in education as you will be working with an established team who would benefit from your clinical experience and understanding of learning in the workplace.
You should have experience with physiological assessment and related clinical skills in a community or acute setting and be able to support the workforce in achieving proficiencies in practice. This exciting role also has the potential to get involved in the development of innovative simulated learning relating to community practice and trialling emerging learning technologies.
A good candidate will have a strong clinical background that includes experience of assessing competence in clinical settings. They will demonstrate the ability to engage, support, motivate and lead others to deliver high quality care.
An excellent candidate will be able to demonstrate their professionalism and innovative attitude to challenges in the workplace, and a commitment to empowering others.
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Lead on provision of comprehensive competency-based programmes of multi-disciplinary staff development relating to essential clinical skills for physical health across diverse service within the Trust, including the design, planning, delivery and quality assurance of training.
Collaborate on design and delivery of mandatory training relating to resuscitation and the deteriorating patient, and deputise for Trust Resuscitation Lead as needed.
To ensure review of implementation and effectiveness of development programmes in addressing specific identified learning or clinical needs.
To promote meaningful staff engagement in work-based learning opportunities.
Provide managerial and clinical leadership in area of responsibility.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Lead and manage allocated projects as part of the overall mandatory and essential skills training strategy providing a high quality, responsive service to meet the needs of the workforce
Lead on implementation plans for the delivery of training and development to all relevant staff relating to essential clinical skills in physical health
Lead on design and delivery of essential training relating to venepuncture, injections, physiological observations, and central venous access devices.
Identify training needs of staff and lead on design and delivery/commissioning of training, using internal and external training resources, to meet identified need, to be delivered within budget and timescale, in accordance with agreed strategy
Lead on review and update of existing training programmes within remit to ensure that they continue to meet the needs of the services
Lead on implementation of national and organisational clinical competencies to ensure that both modern design and delivery models are used, and that impact on practice post-delivery can be evidenced
Collaborate on design and delivery of mandatory training relating to resuscitation and the deteriorating patient, and deputise for Trust Resuscitation Lead as needed.
Maintain an overview of the use of technology enhanced learning tools in relevant training programmes and lead on maintenance of course content presented in a virtual learning environment in collaboration with the Technology Enhanced Learning team.
Lead on design and delivery of essential training relating to venepuncture, injections, physiological observations, and central venous access devices
Ensure appropriate organisation of training venues and logistics to achieve efficient training attendance and delivery
To lead the ongoing development and management of quality assurance of training for essential clinical skills in physical health
Provide consultation and guidance to managers, clinical leads and other stakeholders in relation to the meeting the training needs of staff in the context of evolving service delivery.
To lead in the collaboration and negotiation with Service Managers and other stakeholders internal and external to ensure delivery, methodology and implementation of the training programme meets service needs
Ensure availability of specialist learning and development advice, support and consultation to the Trust
To lead in the development potential and income generation to sustain the development and improvement of the business function
To provide clinical leadership in area of clinical expertise
To actively assist in the education and practical development of staff at every opportunity, through formal and informal teaching
To prepare training activity reports and presentations for strategic management groups and stakeholders as required
To maintain an overview of current systemwide service delivery, workforce needs and training provision, and identify its scope, coverage, effectiveness, and relationship with CPFT training strategy
To ensure that all aspects of the training and development programme have equality diversity and inclusion central to approach
To ensure that design and delivery is co-produced where possible with people that use CPFT services and their carers
Represent the Trust in local and national network events to maintain and develop expert level of knowledge in this speciality
Develop and maintain the clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide clinically effective, holistic, evidence-based training
Implementation and review of competency frameworks within subject field
Work collaboratively and in partnership with HR colleagues, CPFT managers, CPFT staff, Professional Leads including medical, partner universities, the Local Authorities and Health Education East of England to deliver an integrated multi-disciplinary education offering and collaborative learnin

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