Job Summary
London Ambulance Service is delighted to host the team formally known as National Ambulance Response Unit (NARU), which coordinates interoperable capabilities, emergency preparedness, resilience, and response on behalf of all ambulance trusts in England. Through a centrally coordinated approach, we will work together with them and NHS England to support a robust, safe, and effective response to major, complex, and potentially protracted incidents. This role will bridge the gap between education, management and frontline staff, fostering collaboration and communication. We are looking for a candidate that has experience in influencing and contributing to the development of effective strategies and operational policies to ensure competent and capable frontline paramedics can achieve high standards of clinical care nationally.
We are looking for an inspiring candidate that can lead in developing a robust national curriculum and syllabus, implementing a quality assurance framework, ensuring the standards of education are benchmarked against other educational institutions and work towards formal accreditation of courses. Placing clinical care to the patient at the centre of all we do. This will be in addition to service delivery objectives, such as a strong background in risk management, leadership skills and workforce development objectives.
Main duties of the job
Other responsibilities include the planning, delivering and evaluating a range of training and development programmes to meet strategic and operational needs of HART teams nationally, working with a wide range of staff - including the Operations team - to identify future training requirements and providing advice on appropriate training provision, and providing advice to other Ambulance Services on improving the quality of training development.
Education is a key aspect of the role. The Education team deliver a wide range of courses that focus on improving patient care during major incident response. They achieve this by designing innovative and realistic training modules that are bespoke to the Ambulance Service.
All modules, whether command or operationally focused, are aligned to the National Risk Register (NRR), which ensures that training opportunities are delivered in priority order and aligned to current risk. The courses are also aligned to current and emerging doctrine such as JESIP, National Occupational Standards and the NARU Command and Control Guidance. Course Tutors are cognisant of the core standards under the NHS Commissioning Board Core Standards for EPRR, which enables Trusts to meet the standard by provision of appropriate educational modules. Our close working with Ambulance Services is fundamental to ensuring modules reflect the needs of the modern paramedic.
About Us
LAS as the host organisation support the team with corporate governance and oversight, finance support including financial reporting and budget monitoring, indemnity and insurance provisions appropriate to the delivery of the service, human resource provision including the provision of suitably qualified and experienced staff to deliver the service, information technology and communication support, estate services, fleet services in relation to the national reserve and training fleet, procurement services for items required for the delivery of the service and other services required to ensure the effective day to day operations. It is expected the post holder will have a close relationship cross-directorate with the heads of services for these departments.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The Consultant Paramedic will have responsibility for the following functions:
1. This role will work closely with the Director of Resilience and Specialist Assets, the Chief Paramedic Officer, Directors and senior staff across LAS and NHSE, in building strong two-way relationships with key organisations and individuals across the UK to implement the services five year strategy.
2. Working closely with the Head of Operations to ensure collaborative approach.
3. Contribute to the development of a culture of whole-system working to support the delivery of the strategy, working closely with senior external partners including NHS England.
4. Provide robust leadership and management for the delivery of education and development services within the service.
5. Ensuring the delivery of education and standards are met and maintained to the agreed level throughout the service.
6. Be accountable for planning, developing and implementing all education and training activities across paramedic resilience disciplines.
7. Maintain HCPC/NMC registration through regular clinical shifts/activities.
8. Play a key role in the reform and development of the service, to align with the future needs of the Ambulance Service, NHS Resilience forums and the communities they serve.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Educated to degree level (BSc) in an appropriate healthcare/ management area.
* Educated to Master's Degree level in a relevant field, or the demonstrable equivalent.
* HCPC/NMC Registered with demonstrable recent experience.
* A recognised teaching qualification or equivalent demonstrable ability with evidence of teaching in practice and/ or classroom situations.
* Full driving licence, including C1, valid in the UK and no more than 3 penalty points.
* Clear and robust evidence of continuous personal and career development.
Desirable
* Extensive knowledge of specialist area (such as HART, EPRR).
* PhD or equivalent with research in health or education related field.
Experience
Essential
* Clear evidence of supervising, developing and motivating staff in a medium large sized team.
* Senior Management level experience including working in collective decision making groups such as organisational wide programmes of work or healthcare partnerships that may impact service delivery.
* Evidence of change management success and delivery in a similar Senior Management or Leadership role.
* Experience conducting highly complex investigations and writing reports that may include sensitive or contentious information.
* Confidence to confirm and challenge information and explanations supplied by others, who may be experts in their field.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Demonstrable ability to employ the full range of leadership and managerial skills to support both individuals and teams, including ability to motivate staff in a challenging environment.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present in public or present complex or contentious information to large groups including staff, Unions, members of the public, Executive Managers, etc.
* Ability to think conceptually, horizon scan and benchmark, to lead change based on sound knowledge of future requirements and promote innovation to identify opportunities for improvement.
* Ability to plan and prioritise own workload, balance competing priorities and make difficult decisions and work independently and autonomously.
* Formulate short, medium and long term strategic education plans across the Trust, and to create a compelling vision for the future and communicate this throughout the organisation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address
The Fire Service College
Fire Service College (With frequent travel to other locations)
London Road
Moreton-in-Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56 0RH
Employer's website
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
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