OT Practice Development Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Gillingham is seeking an Occupational Therapy Educator to support the education and development of newly registered OTs and students in partnership with the University of East London. This role includes teaching, overseeing education programs, and supporting career progression paths. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and a passion for fostering growth in occupational therapy practice.

Benefits

High Cost Area Supplement

Comprehensive induction and training programs

Opportunities for skilled worker sponsorship

Qualifications

• Experience teaching or supporting OT students and apprentices.
• Knowledge of occupational therapy practice standards.
• Ability to oversee and facilitate education programs.

Responsibilities

• Grow practice education placements for OT students.
• Support supply of registered occupational therapists.
• Provide OT teaching and clinical education to cohorts.

Skills

Passion for education

Ability to support development

Experience in clinical education

Education

Relevant occupational therapy qualifications

Job description

This post leads on education and development of the NELFT newly registered and undergraduate OT workforce including apprentices and students linked to the University of East London.

The role provides a bridge between the world of academic learning with partners at the University of East London and AHP practice education and development in NELFT. This represents a great opportunity for a clinician who is passionate about the education pillar and ready to support others to expand their practice-based knowledge and skills.

The role is aimed at ensuring OT learners and newly registered practitioners have high quality development and well-defined career progression pathways in NELFT supporting retention and career stage growth aligned to the organisational values.

• To work across NELFT and UEL to grow practice education placements within NELFT for occupational therapy and other AHP students and apprentices.
• To support supply of registered occupational therapists from apprentice, student and returnees to practice pipelines.
• To provide OT teaching and clinical education to designated cohorts of NELFT occupational therapists and UEL students and apprentices.
• To oversee, facilitate and deliver a newly registered OT education and development programme on a rolling regular basis in NELFT.
• To provide an OT training and induction programme for internationally educated occupational therapists.
• To provide in-reach lecturing support to UEL occupational therapy and other Allied health professional programmes addressing areas of shared learning.
• To undertake learning needs analysis for designated cohorts of occupational therapists in NELFT and report and respond to these with the relevant leads within NELFT AHP, NELFT training and development and UEL.
• To promote excellent patient outcomes and experience, as well as retention of occupational therapists by developing and maintaining access to a comprehensive range of Occupational therapy post graduate learning and development both in-house and via UEL partnership.
• To provide specialist advice, teaching and training to Occupational therapists in NELFT.
  
  

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a pro rata for part time).

Sponsorship

Applications for Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome for those that meet the Visa and Immigrations eligibility criteria. For further information please visit the gov.uk website searching for Skilled Worker.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katie Francis Job title: Associate Director of AHPs - Workforce Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07985401020

Emma Rohde

OT Practice Development Practitioner

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