Clinical Apprentice Facilitator

Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity available
Are you an Allied Health Professional/Registered Nurse who is looking for the opportunity to develop and diversify your career, and make a significant contribution in attracting, developing, and retaining highly skilled, engaged and compassionate people who thrive to make a positive difference to patient care?
If this interests you then the Learning, Education and Development Team (LEaD) would be delighted to hear from you. We are a forward thinking and progressive department that thrives on growing and developing our people. We will be keen to develop your existing skills and abilities, offering you 'stretch' opportunities to increase your expertise, further enhancing your career potential.
We are looking for someone who will contribute and collaborate with colleagues on initiatives that nurture, grow and develop our NHS workforce aligned to the NHS People Promise and our People and OD Strategy. This role will provide you the chance to demonstrate and develop your clinical, leadership, educational and research abilities.
We are seeking an individual, who has a passion and interest for education and development, to join our dynamic, friendly and innovative team. A working knowledge and experience of clinical apprenticeship programmes would be desirable.
This opportunity is to cover the current post holder on maternity leave for 1 year.
This post will have a particular focus on the support of clinical apprentices including Registered Nurse Degree (RNDA), Trainee Nursing Associates (TNA), AHP (Allied Healthcare Professionals) and Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP). In partnership with the relevant clinical and education leads they will contribute to developing a health workforce that has the right skills, behaviours, and training available in the right numbers, to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement. The post holder will directly line mange a cohort of apprentices through their learning journey.
We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
**Key areas to this role**:
Support the Professional Development Lead with the management, co-ordination and evaluation of clinical apprenticeship programmes across the Trust.
Support the recruitment and retention and line management of clinical apprentices as detailed in the Learning, Education and Development Plan.
Build strong relationships with apprentices, Placement areas, Practice Development Facilitators and Higher Education institutes, to monitor progress and compliance with the Learning Agreement.
Build excellent working relationships with all Clinical Apprenticeship Education Providers.
Work collaboratively with the Learner Placement Manager to ensure that all apprenticeship programme requirements are met.
Demonstrate ability to manage complex workload and potentially conflicting priorities in supporting multiple apprenticeship initiatives at any one time.
Support in the management and delivery of the practice supervisor and assessor programme.
Line manage a cohort of apprentice nurses throughout their programme of learning.
Contribute to internal department and wider organisational reporting on apprenticeships.