UCL Partners Hiring for Education Fellow Job at London, England Full Time

Department: Education
Salary Range: £40-55k dependent on skills and experience
Hours of work: 20-40hr (0.5-1WTE)
Contract Type: Fixed, 1 year
Reports to: Education and Simulation Programme Lead
Closing date for application: 16th January 2022
Date of Interview: 26th January 2022

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Background*
UCLPartners works with academic and NHS partners to improve health and care through research, innovation and education for the benefit of patients and the public.

We work with partner organisations that cover a diverse population of more than six million across parts of North and East London, Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. We also work across London, nationally and globally to co-create, test and implement solutions that improve health.

To implement sustainable and positive change we create and leverage clinical, academic, patient and industry networks, draw on clinical academic insights and real-world evidence to identify solutions to complex problems and support our NHS partners to become research active.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities, celebrate and value diversity and aim to be positive role models for equality and diversity. Read more about equality, diversity and inclusion at UCLPartners here https://uclpartners.com/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/.

www.uclpartners.com

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Introduction – Education Team Team*
It is our belief that almost health and care improvement and change require a consideration of the impact on the workforce and whether their skills, knowledge or behaviours may need to adapt. The education team at UCLPartners are experienced at designing, delivering and evaluating education programmes for healthcare innovation and research-into-practice programmes. We aim to improve health outcomes for the 6 million people living within our geography. Our education programmes are co-designed with learners or patients.

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Role description*
We are looking for an educator to supporting our teams and programmes develop education and workforce programmes as well as developing a training and development programme for the organisation itself. You will work across our core teams to identify their learning and development needs and codesign training programmes to meet them. You will be supported in this work by the head of education and our HR team.

You will work with our innovation and research-into-practice teams to support training and education needs of the company, teams and programmes eg with our mental health team on education programmes for new clinical roles or with our patient safety team developing implementation guidance for new innovations. Applicants will demonstrate a passion for implementation of innovation in to practice for patient benefit and patient safety. This will be demonstrated through their experience and career to date

The breadth of this role will require curiosity, a willingness to learn from others and the ability to quickly understand the challenges and opportunities around innovation and research-into-practice. Generalist knowledge of healthcare, healthcare research and healthcare improvement will be helpful. You will need a basic grounding in educational theories and methodologies to design education programmes and develop interesting, high quality, educational material. This will be creative work, grounded in educational theory.

You will need a clinical background and to have designed education programmes. Embracing new technologies within education and wanting to support others to develop high quality educational content will be a strong driver in this project.

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Key Responsibilities*

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Lead Education Projects*

• Work with teams to identify the education needs within the company to improve patient care and population health
• Design and facilitate a learning needs analysis for teams within UCLPartners focussed on improvement, research and education
• Collaborate with patients, clinical academics and innovators to design, deliver and evaluate education programmes
• Motivate and support a small team to deliver on time and with excellence
• Keep stakeholders updated and utilise them as advocates for project work and outcomes

Strategic Thinking and Working

• Advise and collaborate with head of programme the learning needs identified within teams
• Work with the education programme lead to write programme updates present to heads of programmes and senior management as required
• Present work with confidence and clarity at relevant meetings and groups of healthcare leaders
• Work with the education team and other programme leads to develop a robust and inclusive methodology of patient and public involvement in UCLPartners education
• Work with other programme teams within UCLPartners to improve the quality of education delivered by the organisation
• Keep abreast of developments within healthcare education through attending relevant workforce and education meetings and reading publications

Management

• No line management is currently established within this role but it would be expected that were the team to expand, the post holder would support by line managing project support officers
• Provide and seek peer support from others within the organisation
• Work with other members of the education team and HR to develop a culture of giving and receiving feedback within the education team and wider company

Person Specification

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Qualifications*

• Essential
• Registered healthcare professional or
• Post graduate study of clinical education (eg MSc in Clinical Education)

Experience

• Essential
• Designing, delivering & evaluating health or care education programmes
• Recent employment in a health or care environment
• Collaboration beyond your own team to deliver projects

• Desirable
• Experience working in a research environment
• Experience delivering healthcare improvement projects
• Held an educational role within the health or care system
• Creating e-learning materials
• Delivered collaborative projects across organisations

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Essential
• Demonstrates a vision for the future for using education for multi-professional and inter-professional learning
• Ability to map, analyse and communicate complex and challenging matters with clarity and purpose
• Ability to apply educational theory to the design, delivery and evaluation of education and training
• An understanding of national health and social care strategy, of healthcare policy (including innovation and education initiatives) and the landscape (commissioning, provision and innovation)
• Flexible – able to work within a face paced environment and manage complexity
• Ability to interact well with all members of multi-professional team with diplomacy, persuasion & tact
• High emotional intelligence, excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Good spoken & written English

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality assurance processes for educational activity/programmes

General information

Benefits of working at UCLPartners
As part of the benefits package, UCLPartners’ employees are entitled to 27 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays) and are offered a company pension (employer contribution 10% of annual salary), life assurance coverage, travel season ticket loans and a cycle to work scheme. Team members on secondments remain on their employer’s terms and conditions.

We offer flexible working arrangements. Our staff combine on-site and remote working, enabling us to come together when it matters most and promote a healthy work-life balance.

Diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and a sense of belonging; and for our work to help tackle wider health inequalities. Read more about our approach. UCLPartners is committed to equal opportunities and all people acting on its behalf must perform their duties in a manner that supports and promotes this commitment.

Health and safety
Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon them under the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974), to ensure that the agreed procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees and visitors.

Data protection
Personal data is protected under the Data Protection Act (2018) and the postholder will ensure that it is securely held and that the requirements of the Act are followed.

Confidentiality
The confidentiality of information relating to patients/clients and staff must be always safeguarded in accordance with the Information Security Policy. Disclosure to any unauthorised person or misuse or failure to properly safeguard confidential data will be regarded as a disciplinary.

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Please note: *_ The postholder is expected to view this job description as a guide, rather than an exact description of all duties and responsibilities which may be subject to change as our work develops.

Job Type: Full-time