About this role
Job summary
This is a strategic professional and clinical leadership role operating at a senior level in the Trust. The post holder will possess a highly developed specialist clinical knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience acquired through a degree in paramedic science (or equivalent), supplemented by specialist clinical, educational, or leadership training to masters or equivalent experience. They will be accountable for the direct development and delivery of clinical policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure the highest clinical standards, ensuring best practice evidence is used to inform practice.
Main duties of the job
Playing a lead role in developing and maintaining clinical practice standards in all cases of undifferentiated emergency care, the post holder will have specific responsibility for developing and implementing improvements in resuscitation, paediatrics, maternity, and trauma care, working closely with other professional and service leads. They will foster a culture of clinical excellence, developing and assuring clinical standards across all allied health profession service lines. The post holder will be accountable for clinical practice standards and guidelines across all service lines for paramedic and non-registered staff.
About us
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.Benefits:o Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)o 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.o Contributory Pension.o NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.o Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.o Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.o Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.o Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
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Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will ensure pre and post-registration career pathways are clinically effective and represent effective talent management, supporting the Trust to be the employer of choice. Working closely with YAS Academy and partner HEIs to develop and assure education processes that meet statutory, regulatory, and clinical best practice standards. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring effective preceptorship, mentorship and clinical supervision arrangements exist for paramedics and non-registered clinicians, through the clinical supervision programme and the newly qualified paramedic programme, providing assurance that the Trust processes comply with existing national frameworks. Working closely with other service leads and a range of internal and external stakeholders, the post holder will develop and implement the clinical workforce strategy, ensuring a workforce that is prepared and equipped to provide clinical excellence and improved patient experience and outcomes.
Person Specification
Knowledge Essential
Paramedic Registered with the HCPC Relevant degree (Paramedic, Health) Holds a relevant Master's Degree or currently working towards Expert understanding and demonstrable experience of current clinical practice guidelines, evidence and policies relating to paramedic practice. Experience in the design and delivery of educational programmes, learning and CPD with demonstrable examples of overseeing projects at scale.
Desirable
Teaching qualification Operational and tactical command trained Member of the College of Paramedics
Experience Essential
Experience contributing to and implementing and leading clinical governance arrangements Track record, introducing, leading and managing change at scale
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address Yorkshire Ambulance Service HQ
Wakefield
WF2 0XQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.yas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)