Job summary
Employer heading
AHP Practice Educator
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join the new Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Healthcare Foundation Trust in a brand new role.
The post holder will assist the Allied Health Profession (AHP) Practice Educator Lead to, deliver and evaluate identified training programmes including Preceptorship and other clinical training subjects for staff as well as providing ongoing support for all AHP staff around training and development needs. They will also support in the induction and support of AHP students in practice placement. This will include facilitating student learning groups/forums. There will also be the opportunity to support other disciplines where appropriate.
This role is open to individuals with an Allied Health Professional background.
The post holder will assist the Learning Environment Leads and Vocational Centre in meeting the organisational commitment to training and staff development fulfilling national and local clinical standards guidelines and policies.
Main duties of the job
This role will provide a comprehensive and effective range of support to identified training programmes and work flexibly at venues across the Trust.
The post holder will be given the opportunity to positively promote and support in the development of educational standards within the Trust. This includes working with students and other learners within practice settings, newly registered staff going through Preceptorship, internationally educated AHPs and AHP support workforce staff including rotational posts. As well as improving the quality and number of skilled AHP practice educators and preceptors. In doing this they will be expected to be involved in the delivery of clinical education (to various staff group on a variety of programmes when required) and support assessment of learners in practice. They will also be expected to support the assessment of clinical competence of staff.
This is an exciting but challenging role which requires the successful applicant to manage high standards of service, work flexibly within a busy development and training environment.
Working for our organisation
Project Fusion is the bringing together of community, mental health and learning disability services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight from 1st May 2024 into one new organisation named Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Our aim is for everyone to have equal access to our services with the same chance to get better.
We understand that over the coming years, the number of people accessing support from Allied Health Professionals will increase in line with our diverse and growing population in our local communities. We are already responding to the growing need, with more people accessing our services, with increasingly complex needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full JD & person specification document. We highly recommend you review this when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. For more information please contact or (Polly Segar) [email protected] - AHP Practice Educator Lead or (Mark Rawlinson) [email protected] Learning and Development Lead
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Professional healthcare registration HCPC registered AHP
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Recognised learner support qualification (Practice Supervisor/ Assessor, NNB958, Mentorship or equivalent)
- Ability to plan and implement training sessions
- Sound clinical knowledge
- Experience of working with staff from diverse communities.
- Teaching / presentation skills and analysing and presenting information
- Excellent verbal, written and numeracy skills
- Creative problem solver who perseveres in the face of setbacks
- Ability to mange complex conversations with individuals and teams to provide supportive guidance on confidence and competence of skills
- Car driver and owner along with a willingness to travel to deliver training / attend meetings/ visit learners in practice
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Rawlinson
- Job title
- Learning and Development Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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