An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated person to work as a Practice Placement Facilitator for the Allied Health Professions (AHP) students within the Education and Practice Development Team.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Allied Health Practitioner to this post who will support the Senior Practice Placement Facilitators in ensuring that South Tees NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality practice placements for AHPs to meet the requirements of students on healthcare training programmes.

Access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job

To promote excellence in patient care, the post holder will be an registered Allied Health Professional with relevant experience and be able to provide advice and support for students during their clinical placements when undertaking work based learning. This is to ensure that learners receive the best possible experience in relation to the placement areas, supervision and achievement of learning outcomes.

Within this role the successful candidate will be expected to use their initiative, analytical skills and judgement to support the Senior Practice Placement Facilitators in partnership with local universities to provide quality learning environments for learners.

The post holder will support the Senior Practice Placement Facilitators to provide specialist advice and knowledge to a range of healthcare professionals within and across organisations by identifying opportunities to improve the efficient delivery of pre -registration education. They will also participate in work with senior nursing, midwifery and allied health professional staff and educators to support provision of AHP placements, supervisors and assessors to meet the service commitment to students.

The successful applicant will clinically support the AHP's providing advice to enable learners to meet learning objectives in practice. They will contribute to the quality assurance of the programmes by participation in audit and actively seeking feedback from students, supervisors and patients or service users.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experienced mentor / assessor of students
• Extensive clinical experience

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Allied Health Professional
• Holds or working toward a recognised mentor / supervisor / Assessor qualification

Desirable

• Teaching qualification

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Essential

• Knowledge of current issues and legislation effecting education in healthcare and student placements.
• In-depth knowledge of the HCPC standards of Education and Training Guidance.
• Demonstrate evidence of teaching and supporting students in practice.
• High level for commitment and passion for education and student learning.
• Experience of assessment in practice.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Negotiation and influencing skills.
• IT skills
• Effective time management
• Presentation skills
• Able to work within a team, but also manage own workload

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Supportive, flexible, approachable and adaptable attitude
• High level of personal motivation
• Ability to work within tight deadlines
• Must hold a driving licence and be able to travel to all areas with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as required
• High level of commitment and passion for education and student learning.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

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328-CP-6604291