Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Preceptorship Lead

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Allied Health Professional with current registration with the HCPC
• Appropriate Allied Health Professional degree / diploma
• Completion of post registration learning / CPD courses at masters' level
• Willingness to undertake further study as appropriate

Desirable

• Teaching qualification or equivalent or working towards
• Leadership qualification
• Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2)

Experience

Essential

• Up to date clinical skills and experience gained at level band 6 or above
• Evidence of credible leadership and experience in people management
• Experience of supporting newly qualified AHPs through preceptorship
• Ability to apply current research to practice and to use research and other forms of evidence when auditing, developing and improving practice (clinical or education focussed)
• Experience of developing, facilitating, and evaluating teaching and learning in a clinical (or education) environment
• Thorough understanding of equality, diversity, and inclusion and its application to managing self, staff, and patients

Desirable

• Experience of managing and leading on projects within a healthcare organisation

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

• Effective IT skills and an understanding of MS Office Works Suite
• Effective communication and confidence to fulfil the job requirements, both written and verbally
• Ability to compile complex written information concisely e.g., reports
• High level facilitation skills to deliver teaching and training to groups of staff, and an understanding of learning and teaching theories and approaches
• Skills and knowledge around the evaluation of learning and teaching strategies and the analysis of evaluation / feedback data
• Ability to clearly present information and data to colleagues and stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate and maintain excellent working relationships, and to work across team and professional boundaries

Desirable

• Demonstration of effective project management skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Awareness of different management, leadership, cultures, and personalities and recognise the need to adapt communication as appropriate
• Willingness to actively seek ways to improve the newly qualified Practioner's experience
• Openness and willingness to give and receive balanced feedback
• Approachability, so that colleagues feel comfortable and confident to seek support
• Ability to motivate with a consistent approach; practical and objective in communicating ideas
• Willingness to have difficult conversations and to show a high level of professionalism
• A compassionate and empathetic approach and atitude towards working with preceptors, preceptorship champions, and preceptees, who may experience stressful situations through clinical provision
• A desire to work across professional boundaries and to promote and facilitate interprofessional learning
• Flexible and adaptable approach to working practices

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

• Effective IT skills and an understanding of MS Office Works Suite
• Effective communication and confidence to fulfil the job requirements, both written and verbally
• Ability to compile complex written information concisely e.g., reports
• High level facilitation skills to deliver teaching and training to groups of staff, and an understanding of learning and teaching theories and approaches
• Skills and knowledge around the evaluation of learning and teaching strategies and the analysis of evaluation / feedback data
• Ability to clearly present information and data to colleagues and stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate and maintain excellent working relationships, and to work across team and professional boundaries

Desirable

• Demonstration of effective project management skills

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• High level organisational skills and ability to plan workload, analyse tasks and problem solve
• An understanding of the preceptorship process and the key elements of a high quality preceptorship programme
• Understanding and application of the HCPC Preceptorship Principles and the NHS England AHP Preceptorship Standards and Framework

Desirable

• Understanding and application of the NMC Preceptorship Principles and the NHS England National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).