Training Programme Director - Blended Learning and PGVLE

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive - and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you., The role is focused firmly upon improving patient and learner safety and experience and ensuring effective educational outcomes.
To support the PGD, the ADs will work across the spectrum of healthcare and, where relevant, social care, within the context of a team, so that the provision of education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum of professional and other backgrounds.
The ADs are professionally and managerially accountable to the NHSE EoE PGD.
This particular role is designed to provide support to the educators in the EoE at local, regional and national levels., · To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.
· To support Postgraduate Deans in meeting NHSE statutory requirements.
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement
· Assist in the development of quality processes which are complementary across the healthcare workforce, particularly in relation to TEL.
· To support the use of clinical skills training and simulation (where appropriate/applicable), stressing the importance of teamwork and human factors.
Programme Management
+ To oversee the Blended Learning Regional Training Programme and advise Postgraduate Deans and other senior Educators on the following matters:
o VLE-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns
o Postgraduate programme management including delivery and development of VLE
+ To provide reports to the Specialty Training Committee and School Board
+ To complete the annual school development plan
Educational and Workforce Development
+ To advise and support the Postgraduate Dean in educational and workforce development elements, including professional development of the educational faculty
+ To support compliance with requirements particularly with regard to the supervision and support for trainees and learners.
+ To identify learning needs and support provision of educational appraisal, educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.
+ To create and promote shared learning opportunities to increase effective inter-professional working across East of England educators and learners
Intelligence Support/ provision
+ To engage with information systems (trainee database, post establishments).
Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning
+ To contribute to the implementation of the PGVLE in the EoE
+ To support the development of educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies, engaging with commissioning processes as required.
+ To identify and support the implementation of alternative workforce solutions across the EoE.
+ To advise the Postgraduate Dean on commissioning and decommissioning activities in relation to the PGVLE.
Finance
+ To engage with financial business planning processes and associated TEL budgets as needed.
+ To ensure compliance with procurement requirements.

Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We're passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.
Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.
If you have applied via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
+ Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
+ Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
+ Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
+ Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
+ Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website., NHS England

The role of the Blended Learning and PGVLE Training Programme Director is to work with and support and lead educators across the East of England to deliver Virtual learning aligned to the NHS England mandate and curricular requirements of training programs.
This post has been created specifically to support:
+ The transition of East of England educational materials from the current VLE (Bridge/Panopto) to the PGVLE
+ Continue the running of the Blended Learning Fellows educational training program in the East of England
+ Develop and deliver educational packages and content relating to the PGVLE, Blended learning and TEL to learners across the East of England