Midlands and East 5 Pathology Network Practice Educator

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Applications are invited for an exciting opportunity of a 12 month fixed-term contract or secondment as the Midlands and East 5 Pathology Network Practice Educator. This is for an 18.75 hour AfC band 8b position.
The role is a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills, support development and lead upon the implementation of a workforce education and training strategy within a fledgling Pathology network.
The role will be hosted by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust but will be based across the ME5 Pathology Network which includes three Foundation Trusts – Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT, North West Anglia NHS FT. The Network also works closely with Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT
The post holder will be responsible for engaging with the Pathology services within the ME5 network, other Pathology networks and all Pathology learners to embed a fit-for-purpose training and development structure that will support workforce needs now and establish the infrastructure to equip for workforce needs in the coming years.
The aims are to encourage a collaborative approach across multiple organisations to provide robust and sustainable workforce development, that will include training programmes and ensuring sufficient placement capacity. In addition, this role will aim to encourage and support individual departments to achieve and maintain training accreditation from the National School of Healthcare Science (NSHCS), Institute of Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) and other relevant bodies.
The post will offer a suitably experienced Pathology Training Lead the opportunity to contribute to the system transformation agenda and, through working within a multi-professional workforce, the opportunity to develop and advance Pathology professional groups.
Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so, agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
• Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
• In-house Physiotherapy Services
• Career development and training opportunities
• Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
• Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
Please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role

Please refer the Job description for details