Main area Central Learning & Development Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 9 months (The post is to cover maternity leave (15 months)) Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week- hybrid working)
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Site SWB NHS Trust Town West Bromwich
Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/02/2025 23:59
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
1. People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
2. Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
3. Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
Assessor/Trainer/ Coach for Healthcare Apprentices
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust NEEDS YOU!
* Flexible Working Policy that suits your lifestyle
* Are you confident and professional with the ability to inspire and motivate people?
* Do you want the opportunity to work in a large, diverse organisation that promotes values of ambition, respect, compassion, and inclusivity?
If this appeals to you then apply now!
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust would love to hear from you, as we are actively seeking to recruit a Band 4 Trainer / Assessor/ Coach to cover Maternity Leave for 15 months.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work within the Healthcare Apprenticeship team, working on apprenticeships in Health Care Support Worker L2, Senior Health Care Support Worker L3, and Functional Skills L1 and L2, as the provision demands.
Responsibilities include:
* Deliver teaching and support apprentices to ensure progression for their standard.
* Overcome barriers to learning and adapt delivery to meet apprentice’s needs.
* Support the development of apprentices to maximise full potential / stretch knowledge.
* Assess apprentices' knowledge and skills against the criteria with the standards and the Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support for apprentices undertaking the Senior Health Care Support Worker Standard.
* Organise and maintain documentation on apprentices' progress.
* Support apprentices with feedforward to achieve their potential at End Point Assessment (EPA).
* Review/ discuss apprentice development and progression with employers.
* Support, advise, and motivate apprentices.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Person specification
Experience
* Working knowledge of QCF qualifications and or Apprenticeship Standards.
* The ability to motivate candidates and learners to meet targets.
* Experience of producing ILPs with SMART objectives for learners and maintaining them.
* Experience of developing learning activities that engage learners and support their development.
* Experience of managing a caseload of learners to gain timely achievement rates.
* Experience of using digital assessment.
* Invigilation of exams.
Qualifications
* GCSE English, Maths, ICT A-C or equivalent (Level 2 Functional skills).
* Level 3, or above, Vocational Qualification in Healthcare e.g. NVQ Care Level 3, Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care.
* Assessor Award - D32/33 or A1.
* Teaching qualification such as CET Level 4 or 7307.
* Maintain Occupational Competence.
Personal Qualities
* Knowledge of the Health Care Apprenticeship standards.
* Good IT skills or willingness to Train (user of OneFile and Microsoft Office Suite).
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
For further details contact: Name: Joan Docherty, Job title: Health Care Awards Coordinator, Email address: joan.docherty@nhs.net, Telephone number: 07817953097.
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