Allied Health Professional Practice Education Facilitator

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ashton-under-Lyne is seeking a candidate to support the development of practice education environments and facilitate multi-professional learning. The ideal applicant will coordinate with multiple education providers and improve the quality of learning experiences. Benefits include 27-33 days of annual leave, flexible working arrangements, and comprehensive health benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Gym discount

Free bicycle loan scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting practice education and learning environments.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple education providers.
• Effective communication and supervision skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of practice supervisors and educators.
• Coordinate inter-professional learning activities.
• Participate in quality assurance site visits.
• Develop education programmes with higher education institutions.
• Maintain links with clinical practice educators.

Job description

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments within the organisation and will be required to work locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted. The post holder will be required to support the breadth of the learner experience, which may require cross boundary working, and contribute to the delivery effective quality assurance and governance., Supporting the Lead Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) with assessing the quality of a range of practice learning environments, determining interventions to sustain and enhance practice education; ensuring all service areas / placement providers have an-up-to date action plan in place, informing the annual quality monitoring of Learning and Development Agreements.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Lead PEF with facilitating the development of practice supervisors, assessors and educators, providing supervision and support structures in order to build education in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.
• Supporting the Lead PEF with the designing, structuring, delivering and coordination of inter-professional learning activity across a service area(s).
• Participating in single Quality Assurance multi professional site visits across the organisation.
• Supporting the Lead PEF with the development and coordination, evaluation and implementation of education programmes with HEIs and Colleges.
• Developing and maintaining links with Education Providers to support clinical practice educators / supervisors and assessors. For example, attending AHP forums and attendance at Northwest AHP agreed share allocation meetings for Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy and Speech & Language placements.
• Supporting learners and educators / supervisors and assessors in practice.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

Benefits

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.