Associate Director of Nursing Education & Professional Practice

The Associate Director of Nursing Education & Professional Practice is a senior leadership post and a key member of the Chief Nursing Officer's Leadership Team. The post holder will have specific responsibility for: o Developing relationships with Universities across the UK that ensure a successful flow of new nurses into practice to support the nurse recruitment strategy o Develop systematic and creative ways of maximising conversion of placement students into qualified nursing staff in Sussex Partnership services and report on these at the relevant forums. o Create forums for student support that maximise wellbeing and retention o Delivering training on development programmes and training projects o Creating opportunities to market training to external organisations o Supporting the Chief Nursing Officer and Chief People Officer in all areas pertaining to nurse training and education agenda for the Trust, including a developing and delivering a strategy for nurse education and continuing professional development. o Using skills and expertise drawn from across healthcare and Higher Education Institute settings to promote effective multi-professional training and education at pre and post registration levels.,

• Improving education and training quality and outcomes
• Workforce Planning and Development
• Enabling Education Strategy & Development through clinical leadership
• Education and Training Development
• Enhancing Patient/Service User Care
• Developing an excellent organisation
• Research, project management & Development
• Financial and Physical Resources
• Staff Management
• Information Management
• Policy and Service Development
  
  Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist provider of mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services, serving a population of approximately 1.7 million across East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. We also provide regional and national specialist services and lead three NHS Provider Collaboratives.
We employ around 6,000 staff and are a university teaching Trust with strong academic links to Brighton and Sussex Medical School, the University of Sussex, the University of Brighton and national research partners. We are a values-led organisation, proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and Armed Forces Covenant Gold Member. We actively promote compassionate, restorative and inclusive leadership and support career development, wellbeing, flexible working and staff networks, including lived experience, ethnic minority, LGBTQIA+, disability, neurodivergent, spirituality, women's and armed forces networks. Our vision is:Great care and improved outcomes together.