Overview
Work collaboratively with service managers and clinical teams to identify, review, and expand new and non-traditional clinical placement opportunities as services evolve. Conduct regular visits to practice areas and assist new placement sites in identifying learning opportunities to ensure they are fully prepared for the allocation of students and trainees. Work with education providers and service teams to implement systems for gathering, reviewing, and sharing student and trainee evaluations, ensuring that any issues raised are addressed promptly with service managers. Maintain accurate, up-to-date information on current placement capacity and demand across service areas. Work in partnership with the Senior AHP Practice Education Coordinator to ensure robust monitoring and reporting of placement capacity and demand. Support the delivery of high-quality practice placements for all non-medical students and learners. Support the Multi-Professional Preceptorship Programme and the Return to Practice Module for practitioners. Build and maintain effective working relationships with HPFT staff, service users, HEIs, and external organisations such as Health Education England (East of England), ensuring clear and regular communication as the HPFT practice education representative. Provide relevant data to the Non-Medical Education Lead for reports required by the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Workforce Partnership, HEIs, and Health Education England.
Responsibilities
* Identify, review, and expand new and non-traditional clinical placement opportunities as services evolve, in collaboration with service managers and clinical teams.
* Conduct regular visits to practice areas and assist new placement sites in identifying learning opportunities to ensure readiness for student and trainee allocation.
* Work with education providers and service teams to implement systems for gathering, reviewing, and sharing student and trainee evaluations, addressing issues promptly with service managers.
* Maintain accurate, up-to-date information on current placement capacity and demand across service areas.
* Work in partnership with the Senior AHP Practice Education Coordinator to monitor and report placement capacity and demand.
* Support the delivery of high-quality practice placements for all non-medical students and learners.
* Support the Multi-Professional Preceptorship Programme and the Return to Practice Module for practitioners.
* Build and maintain effective working relationships with HPFT staff, service users, HEIs, and external organisations such as Health Education England (East of England), ensuring clear and regular communication as the HPFT practice education representative.
* Provide relevant data to the Non-Medical Education Lead for reports required by the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Workforce Partnership, HEIs, and Health Education England.
Qualifications
* Professional health or social care qualification e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy
* Registered health professional e.g. NMC, HCPC
* Post-registration clinical experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development including regular attendance on internal and external study programmes
* Desirable criteria: a professional teaching/assessment qualification e.g. ENB 998, M&P, MIPs, Cert ed, Knowledge of Continuous Quality Improvement. Monitorin
* Knowledge of pre-registration standards of education
* I.T Skills - Microsoft Office, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
About HPFT
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission. Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout. HPFT is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with judges saying they were 'blown away' by our people's achievements and that everything they saw 'sings and hums'. This year, our staff rated us the 4th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff feel supported through a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional.
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