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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication and working relationships

• To work collaboratively with relevant Trust service leads; Clinical Education and Development team and system partners to ensure effective delivery of the organisations apprenticeship programme.
• Establish effective communication and engagement channels to ensure and promote awareness of apprenticeships; priorities and progress.
• Represent the Trust in external meetings relating to apprenticeships.
• Lead; manage and escalate where required issues raised by apprentices and managers.
• Support recruitment of apprentices in line with Trust policies and procedures and selecting the most appropriate training provider.
• Work with training providers to ensure quality of programmes.
• Working together with the PEFs provide support to managers where learners may need support; ensuring effective communication and liaison in a timely manner.
• To act as a role model and be a visible leader.

Main tasks

• Act as the Trust specialist clinical lead for all existing and future apprenticeship programmes.
• Initiate; oversee and support the Trusts clinical career pathway initiatives.
• Work with the Apprenticeship and Early Career Manager to establish a sustainable clinical workforce pipeline with a specific focus on T-levels and work experience placements.
• Working with the professional leads; lead the planning and implementation of all aspects of learning activity required by the apprentices.
• Develop and facilitate an apprenticeship network for learners.
• Effectively manage competing demands of the role
• Ensure effective governance of the management; development and uptake of clinical apprenticeships.
• Develop effective relationships with Higher Education colleagues and attend relevant university meetings
• Work collaboratively with system partners on the development and potential procurement of apprenticeship programmes.
• Work effectively with system partners ensuring that appropriate and timely placements are available.
• Ensure an effective cycle of learner evaluation is in place; completed and results acted on.
• Exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement. Make professionally autonomous decisions utilising knowledge and skills.
• Work as an innovator capable of leading changes in clinical practice and pioneering new frameworks to support practice and to increase the skills and confidence of practitioners.
• Participate in service and trust wide development to support management of change.
• Practice in accordance with your level of competency.
• Maintain own professional registration in accordance with relevant regulatory body standards.
• Demonstrate on going professional development.

Main responsibilities

• Develop a sustainable apprenticeship strategy in consultation with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively with apprenticeship providers be responsible for ensuring clinical apprenticeships are in line with professional standards.
• Be responsible for the oversight of learner progress and working with the PEFs support the development of any action plans; in addition identify themes and proactively manage them for future learners.
• Be responsible for robust and effective evaluation of clinical apprenticeship programmes to ensure quality and effectiveness.
• In line with the organisational workforce strategy be responsible for expanding high quality apprenticeships.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the local and national apprenticeship agenda; acting as the Trust subject matter expert.
• Monitor the progress of all clinical apprentices ensuring managers and apprentices have up to date guidance on apprenticeship standards.
• Produce quarterly reports aligning levy spend; apprenticeship starts; apprenticeship completions; retention; apprenticeship workforce planning and progress.
• Maintain own clinical competency and awareness of professional issues.
• Monitor the characteristics of those undertaking apprenticeships, identifying opportunities to support EDI activities to widen participation from under-represented groups.