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Professional Development Manager (Nursing) for Pre and Post Registration Students

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative and innovative individual, with a passion for nursing education, to join the Professional Development team in a part-time substantive post. In this role, you will manage the clinical student nursing agenda, ensuring that all clinical nursing students are supported and receive appropriate clinical placements in line with NMC regulatory requirements. Working as part of the Integrated Care System, you will ensure that all nursing students receive the experience, exposure and education they need to fulfill their programme requirements and qualify as our next generation of nurses.

You will support the recruitment and monitoring of clinical students, both pre- and post-registration, in partnership with Higher Education Institutions, NHS England and the Integrated Care System. The manager will ensure that the clinical environment is appropriate for learning and that Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors are appropriately supported, trained and regulated.

In addition, you will support with preparation to role work across the service, providing support with career events, interview preparation and application support where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

You will:

·       Manage the clinical placement allocation and capacity processes, ensuring the appropriate liaison with the Higher Education Institutions, Divisional Professional Nursing leads, Clinical Managers, Practice Assessors and Professional Development Administrators.

·       Manage the development of the Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessors and ensure that they have the knowledge, skill, ability and attitude to assess, train and develop Clinical Nursing Students.

·       Manage the clinical student recruitment processes ensuring the recruitment of high caliber healthcare students, utilising and adhering to the appropriate internal and external processes and governance requirements, in collaboration with clinical divisions and Higher Education Institutions.

·       Manage the clinical educational audit process ensuring the appropriate compliance levels are developed and maintained and that all clinical placement areas are appropriate for clinical learning in line with HEI and regulatory requirements.

·       Support colleagues across the Trust with preparation for roles, including support with career events, interview preparation and application support

Working for our organisation

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centers, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

·       Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process

·       Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address