Job overview
Are you a dynamic and experienced clinical leader with a passion for education and professional development? We are seeking an exceptional individual to join the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) Cymru as the Training & Education Lead.
ACCTS Cymru is a nationally commissioned, consultant-led service that provides high-quality inter-hospital transfer and retrieval of critically ill adult patients across Wales. Operating 24/7, ACCTS plays a vital role in ensuring patients receive timely, expert care during transfers between healthcare facilities. The service is delivered by a highly skilled multi-professional team, including Retrieval and Transfer Practitioners (RTPs) and Critical Care Transfer Assistants (CCTAs), and works in close collaboration with NHS Wales organisations and the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service (EMRTS).
As the Training & Education Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of this essential service. You will lead the strategic direction of training, education, and professional development for all ACCTS clinical staff, ensuring the workforce is equipped with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to deliver exceptional care. This is a unique opportunity to influence national standards, foster innovation, and support the growth of a service that is critical to the resilience and quality of critical care across Wales.
Main duties of the job
Lead the development and implementation of a robust education and training strategy across ACCTS.
Provide expert clinical leadership and professional advice to a multi-disciplinary team.
Coordinate and deliver mandatory, statutory, and specialist training programmes.
Develop and maintain systems to monitor training compliance, effectiveness, and impact.
Represent ACCTS Cymru at national and regional forums, promoting best practice and innovation.
Chair the ACCTS/EMRTS Education and Engagement Group.
Collaborate with universities, professional bodies, and external agencies to enhance learning opportunities.
Manage the training budget and ensure financial governance.
Support workforce planning, role redesign and career development pathways
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Masters of Science – Critical Care, enhanced or advanced clinical practice
2. PGCE qualification
3. Excellent clinical skills and knowledge of clinical governance systems
4. In-depth knowledge of clinical supervision
Desirable criteria
5. Diploma in Immediate Medical Care - RCSE./Diploma in Retrieval Transfer Medicine
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Significant post registration clinical work experience
7. Experience in working within intensive Care and/or work as part of an Adults Critical Care Transfer Service
8. Completion of STEP competencies 1-4
9. Evidence of previous clinical leadership experience.
10. Ability to work collaboratively with other health professionals across a variety of settings and environments
11. Previous experience in Training, Education or practice development, with evidence of teaching in the retrieval and transfer environment.
12. Experience of joint working in the development of policies and procedures.
Aptitude and abilities
Essential criteria
13. Effective management of resources and budgets
14. Able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used.
15. Experience of efficient and effective working with various professional and others across a wide range of services.
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable