AHP Lead Clinical Placement Facilitator

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

This new post offers the opportunity for a dynamic individual with a passion for allied health professions practice-based education to work closely with the Chief AHP, AHP Workforce and Education Lead and Senior Nurse for Workforce Development and Education to provide the drive and support for the expansion of AHP pre-registration clinical placements across all UHNM allied health professions.

Current HCPC registration as an AHP is a prerequisite for all applicants.

This post will support the provision of quality AHP pre-registration clinical placements using traditional and newer innovative methods of practice-based education. This action is required to ensure we meet the needs of our workforce of the future across all AHP groups of staff.

Main Duties of the Job

1. To provide leadership and be a single and first point of contact for existing and new UHNM service/profession-based Placement Education Facilitators.
2. This leadership role will support development and maintenance of a corporate Trust wide standard and culture of working with HEIs and students- our future team members.
3. To lead on the coordination of AHP practice-based education. This will be achieved by collaborating with teams across the Trust to deliver expanded quality practice-based education on a standardised basis across all professional groups of AHP staff.
4. To ensure that UHNM receives full and appropriate remuneration from clinical placement tariff for its activity in delivery of AHP practice-based education. This will maximise the available income for UHNM AHPs from the clinical placement tariff across all AHP professions at UHNM by validating payments received compared to income expected.
5. Collect accurate data and ensure that a centralised AHP placement directory is established and maintained across all UHNM AHP placements.

About Us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job Responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration
• Leadership qualification or experience

Experience

• Experience of working with senior HEI colleagues
• Knowledge of the health education landscape
• Successful engagement with clinical leaders and stakeholders
• Evidence of implementing change and meeting deadlines
• Experience of undertaking research/audit/service improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working Pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference Number

205-7060845

Job Locations

Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital