Professional Development Manager (Apprenticeships) -

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative and innovative individual, with a passion for Apprenticeships, to join the Professional Development team in a full-time substantive post. In this role, you will manage the clinical student apprenticeship agenda, ensuring that all clinical apprenticeship students are supported and receive appropriate clinical placements in line with NMC and HCPC regulatory requirements. Working as part of the Integrated Care System, you will ensure that all apprenticeship students receive the experience, exposure and education they need to fulfill their programme requirements and qualify as our next generation of professionals.
You will support the recruitment and monitoring of clinical apprenticeship students in partnership with Higher Education Institutions, NHS England and the Integrated Care System. The manager will ensure that the clinical environment is appropriate for learning and that Practice Assessors, Practice Supervisors and Clinical Educators are appropriately supported, trained and regulated.
In addition, you will support with preparation to role work across the service, providing support with career events, interview preparation and application support where appropriate., You will:
· Manage the clinical student apprenticeship recruitment processes ensuring the recruitment of high calibre healthcare apprentice students, utilising and adhering to the appropriate internal and external processes and governance requirements.
· Work in partnership with the Higher Education Institutions to ensure the recruitment of the appropriate healthcare apprentice students.
· Work in partnership with the Higher Education Institutions to ensure the recruitment of the appropriate healthcare apprentice students.
· Manage the clinical apprenticeship placement capacity processes, ensuring the appropriate liaison with the Higher Education Institutions, Clinical Managers, Clinical Team Leaders, Practice Assessors, Practice Supervisors, Clinical Educators and Administrators.
· Manage the clinical apprenticeships placement allocation process, ensuring the appropriate liaison with the Higher Education Institutions, Clinical Managers, Clinical Team Leaders, Practice Assessors, Practice Supervisors, Clinical Educators and Educational Administrators.
· Provide support for clinical apprenticeship students, and Practice Assessors and Clinical Educators, on an individual or group basis to resolve difficulties with assessments and assist with individual action planning where necessary., · Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
· Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

· Registered clinician
· Educated to Degree level or equivalent
· Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent experience
· Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience
Essential Criteria:
· Relevant experience of working with clinical apprenticeship students, Practice Assessors, and Clinical Educators across Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professions
· Relevant experience of clinical placement management
Skills & Knowledge
Essential Criteria:
· Relevant experience of working with Higher Education Institutions
· Relevant experience of managing and developing appropriate clinical student databases
Personal Qualities
Essential Criteria:
· Ability to handle sensitive and complex information
· Excellent presentation and communication skills
· High level of IT Literacy including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
· Ability to work autonomously
· High level of negotiating and influencing skills
Other Job Requirements
· Knowledge of academic curriculum management
· High level of clinical judgement
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you., Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a 'Great Place to Work'. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
+ Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
+ Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
+ Discounts for local and national retailers
+ Dedicated well-being services for all employees
+ Flexible working where possible