Strategic Head of EducationNHS
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust as our Strategic Head of Education Development, providing senior strategic and professional leadership for education, learning and workforce development across the organisation. Accountable to the Assistant Director of People Development, you will lead a diverse portfolio encompassing clinical and non-clinical education, apprenticeships, work-based learning, driver training, continuing professional development and commercial education.
Working across the Trust and with universities, NHS partners, professional bodies and external organisations, you will develop strong strategic partnerships, influence workforce development and represent NEAS at regional and national level.
We are looking for an experienced senior leader who combines significant education and management expertise with a strong clinical background. Current HCPC, NMC or other appropriate clinical professional registration is essential, alongside Master's-level education or equivalent relevant experience and an appropriate teaching qualification.
You will be able to demonstrate a proven record of leading education services, developing people and delivering improvement within a complex organisation, together with excellent strategic, communication and influencing skills.
Main duties of the job
To be accountable to the Deputy Director of People Development and deputise where appropriate.
lead on all aspects of the planning and development of learning and development activity across the whole organisation, including core training, Continuing Professional and Personal Development (CPPD), apprenticeship and commercial education as well as educational requirements as requested bythe Deputy Director of People Development.
To manage, as the head of the department (of a clinical non-technical service) all of the day-to-day activities across all education streams including commercial, driver training, core and apprenticeships. This will require the leadership and management of a range of workforce services for the Trust including the Education, Learning and Development Team, comprising of Clinical and Non-Clinical Training, Driver Training, Work based learning, apprenticeship and Commercial Training. This requires a professional registration, up-to-date clinical practice and knowledge of legislative and regulatory event management requirements to interpret highly complex information to safeguard the organisation, the public and colleagues.
Job description
Please see the attached job description for full duties and responsibilities for the role of Strategic Head of Education Development.
About us
We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.
Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!
Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.
We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.
We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.
Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".
We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.
From 01/04/25 If your role needs a DBS you'll be subject to salary deduction totaling £49.50, spread over first and second pay.