[ref. o58200420] NHS - Practice Education Facilitator

Job overview

In conjunction with PEF team, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments within The Northern Care Alliance. The successful candidate will be required to work locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted and support increase in placement experience and capacity.

The post holder will be required to support the breadth of the student experience, which may require cross boundary working, and contribute to the delivery of the new standards to support learning in practice.

This PEF role will predominantly be supporting AHP learners across the NCA.

Main duties of the job

Assessing the quality of practice learning environments; ensuring all service areas/ placement providers have up to date action plans in place to contribute to the annual quality monitoring of Learning and Development Agreements.

Support the development and ensuring a sufficient provision practice supervisors/assessors across relevant service areas, providing supervision and support structures, building education in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.

Contribute to the structuring and coordinating inter-professional learning activity across a service area(s).

Participating in Quality Assurance Multi-Professional site visits across organisations.

Work with the PEF team to ensure an adequate breadth, scope and number of placement experiences

Developing and maintaining links with Education Providers to practice supervisors/assessors in practice to increase placement experience and increase student capacity.

The post holder will be required to act as an exemplary role model for students, exhibiting the expected Trust values & behaviours.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Professional Registration

• 1st level degree Professional qualification to a minimum of degree level.
• Up-to-date professional registration with the NMC/HCPC.

Desirable

• Achieved Grade/Years Experience.

• Achieved Grade/Years Experience.

Qualifications

• Masters level study relating to education in practice or willing to work towards.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in the practice setting.
• Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures.

• Practical experience of facilitating change.
• Staff management/staff supervision.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations.
• Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Substantial experience of IT systems and software packages.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Working knowledge of inter-professional learning theory.
• Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative.
• Adaptable to meet different learning styles/preferences.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds.

• Willingness to work across organisation boundaries.
• Ability to supervise staff on a day-to-day basis.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

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