Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available for a dynamic, passionate Allied Health Professional with specific interest in education and development to join the Clinical Education team. This post will support the development of:
-Practice placements for Allied Health Professions.
- The Trust AHP Apprenticeship Strategy
-The Multi- Disciplinary Preceptorship Programme
-Support Advanced Practice Programmes
The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to the Trust wide development of high quality, practice placements for AHP students/apprentices. The post holder will lead on the development of support for students, preceptees, apprentices, mentors, and services. The post holder will work alongside the AHP Leadership Group, Clinical Managers, current and future students and apprentices and their mentors.
You may be required on occasion to support other members of the Clinical Education team where necessary.
Main duties of the job
· Work with the AHP Lead for Education, Development and Student Experience and the HCSW Development and AHP Apprenticeship Lead to implement local, regional, and national education and development strategies for the AHP pre-registration students, preceptees, apprentices, and unregistered AHPs
· Support the recruitment and retention of AHPs by providing robust development programmes.
· Provide clinical education support Advanced Practice.
· Facilitate the training and development of practice educators and mentors to enable them to support pre-registration students, preceptees and apprentices
· Evaluate the programmes of support pre-registration students and apprentices and provide written reports.
· Support development and delivery of the post graduate multiprofessional preceptorship programme
· Keep up to date with best practice in AHP Practice Education and act as a point of reference and expertise for AHP staff
· Support the recruitment of newly qualified therapists through innovative ways such as the graduate recruitment scheme and support of preceptorship programme.
· Manage high level complex and challenging conversations with professional leaders, educators, students, local and regional partners.
· Practice in accordance with trust standards/policies and statutory requirements.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Open to all AHPs with HCPC registration
To understand the role in more details please refer to the attached job description and person specification for details.
Please contact us if you need more information
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Degree-educated Registered AHP with current HCPC registration
2. Practice educator training
3. Evidence of continuing professional development
4. Relevant clinical courses/ transferable skills
Desirable criteria
5. Practice Teacher Qualification or equivalent or willingness to work towards
6. Evidence of leadership/management development
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
7. Awareness of current recommendations and initiatives for AHP education
8. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
9. Excellent IT skills including Microsoft applications (PowerPoint and Excel, Word etc).
10. Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
11. Ability to prioritise, plan and organise own workload.
12. Ability to demonstrate and assess a range of clinical skills
13. Work on own initiative and to deadlines.
14. Ability to work remotely and autonomously.
15. Ability to motivate staff to work effectively in teams
16. Ability to work as part of the wider education team.
17. Report writing
18. Writing policies and guidelines
19. Be flexible and adaptable at work to meet competing demands.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
20. Extensive clinical experience as an AHP
21. Knowledge of the AHP apprenticeships AHP Strategies, NHS England and ICB Priorities
22. Experience of coordinating and managing practice experience placements for learners
23. Current experience of assessing clinical skills
24. Experience of developing training and education programmes
25. Experience of working with staff across a range of disciplines and levels
26. Relevant experience supervising and supporting others.
27. Communicating with, and influencing, a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at various levels of seniority.
28. Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
29. Experience of Implementing Policies
30. Evidence of leading and managing change within a complex environment
31. Experience managing high level complex and challenging conversations with professional leaders, educators, students, local and regional partners.
Desirable criteria
32. Experience of staff recruitment
33. Experience of formal classroom and clinical based teaching
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
34. Ability to lead by example, promoting the highest standards of personal, interpersonal and professional conduct, integrity and probity
35. Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity
36. Well developed people skills
37. Compassionate leadership skills which are respectful and empathetic towards others.
38. High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach and attitude.
39. Commitment to lifelong learning, non-discriminatory practice, and an ability to direct own professional development.
40. Ability to work independently.
41. Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner.
42. Must be able to demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity.
43. Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
44. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
45. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
46. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
47. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
48. Participate in required training and supervision.
49. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.