Lead for Education Governance - Band 7

The lead for Educational Governance is an exciting, fixed term role leading on reviewing practices and implementing governance of education within Education and Development Services, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The post-holder will be required to develop and maintain strong, productive working relationships across our Trust and with our education partners, being a visible and accessible presence., The role exists to ensure that high quality, up-to-date, and research led education and training is being delivered by our educators to our non-medical workforce across all professions, enabling them to deliver our vision of providing Best Care for Everyone, achieve our strategic People and OD objectives and ensure GHFT leads on the delivery of the Long-Term Plan.

To lead on the introduction and review of standards, processes and reporting structures to improve educational governance within Education and Development Services, supporting educators to deliver high quality teaching for our staff.

The post-holder will continue to build on the current work being undertaken to design and implement an Educators development pathway, working collaboratively with our educators, Head of Professional Education, Associate Director of Education and Development, and HEIs.

To contribute to the implementation of a neurodiversity paradigm, working collaboratively with colleagues in Education, Learning and Culture ensuring that neurodiversity is understood, recognised and supported within Education, Learning and Development.

To oversee the design and implementation of processes to assess and support Readiness to Learn within Education, Learning and Development.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.