Apprenticeship Assessor/coach

We have a new, exciting opportunity for an experienced trainer within our Faculty of Education, working across the whole Trust.

The Trust’s offering of in-house apprenticeship delivery is a new provision. You will work as part of the Apprenticeship Delivery Team to run this service and meet the Trust’s 5-year business plan.

You will work with a diverse range of internal colleagues and external partners to create apprenticeship opportunities that enable staff to develop and progress, regardless of where they work in the Trust or the job they do.
- To coordinate the planning and delivery of Apprenticeship training programmes within the trust for Healthcare Assistants including any mandatory qualifications.
- To facilitate face to face support to evidence acquisition of the required knowledge, skills and behaviours of the apprenticeship standard
- To carry a caseload of Apprentices and plan support through all aspects of their programme to include in-learning, gateway and successful achievement of the End Point Assessment
- To liaise with and support all parties involved in the Apprenticeship journey ensuring that everyone is informed and kept up to date with progress and achievement

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
- To work closely with the Lead Technical Trainer to devise individual programmes in line with the needs of the Apprentice and their working area
- Coordinate the ‘on programme’ element of the Apprenticeship and support collation of portfolio of evidence that showcases the Apprentice’s knowledge, skills and abilities to their best standard
- To ensure any mandatory training or internal training is mapped across in to the Apprenticeship to maximise and capture naturally occurring knowledge, skills and behaviours
- Coordinate the delivery of group based teaching sessions as and when required
- To meet regularly with the line managers to review progress and set targets in line with the programme delivery
- Complete all tasks required for funding and compliance in a timely manner to facilitate claims and to meet audit requirements
- Provide updates and reports during caseload reviews, identifying any learners who may be at risk along with plans for support and required interventions
- To support delivery and assessment for English and maths Functional Skills as required
- Take part in regular standardisation meetings as and when required
- Support external monitoring visits as and when required, for example: EQA, ESFA and Ofsted.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached role descriptor and job description.