Learning Centre Manager

Mediclinic is an international private healthcare services group, founded in South Africa in 1983, with divisions in Switzerland, Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia) and the United Arab Emirates.

The Group is focused on providing specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary services across the continuum of care in such a way that the Group will be regarded as the most respected and trusted provider of healthcare services by patients, medical practitioners, funders and regulators of healthcare in each of its markets.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The Learning Centre Manager manages the learning centre and provides guidance and support to educators and students to ensure optimal performance and quality healthcare education.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Manage the operations of the Learning Centre
• Lead and manage the people in the Learning Centre
• Design and assess learning interventions
• Facilitate and manage learning delivery and processes
• Manage compliance with Higher Education quality standards
• Manage compliance with the SANC standards
• Liase and collaborate with the Provincial Department of Health for student clinical placement opportunities
• Manage student administration process
• Maintain the Learning Centre facility
  
  

Required Education

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION

Professional Nurse qualification

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Administration

Master’s degree

DESIRED EDUCATION

PGD in Nursing speciality

PHD

Required Experience

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

5 years’ experience in a Higher Education training institution

1 year experience in managing a training institution

Desired Experience

N/A

Required Job Skills And Knowledge

• Mediclinic Training and Nursing Policies and Procedures
• Adult Learning Principles
• Instructional Design (ADDIE model) and the application thereof
• Kirk Patrick levels of evaluation
• Blooms taxonomy of assessment and evaluation
• Nursing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Group facilitation tools, techniques and best practices
• Workplace assessment
• Mentorship principles and guidelines
• Scholarly skills
• Learning and development quality management
• Training needs analysis, design and evaluation (including curricula development)
• Budgets and basic financial control
• Skills Development, Education and Training legislation and other relevant healthcare-related legislation and its application within Mediclinic training environment
• Demonstrate competence in Mediclinic skills plan compilation procedures
• Moderation
• Asset and facility management
• Service Level Agreement (SLA) and contract management
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office Package (Word, Excel and PowerPoint