Job summary
An exciting opportunity has become available for a dynamic, passionate Allied Health Professional with specific interest in education and development to join the Clinical Education team. This post will support the development of:
- Practice placements for Allied Health Professions.
- The Trust AHP Apprenticeship Strategy
- The Multi- Disciplinary Preceptorship Programme
- Support Advanced Practice Programmes
The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to the Trust wide development of high quality, practice placements for AHP students/apprentices. The post holder will lead on the development of support for students, preceptees, apprentices, mentors, and services. The post holder will work alongside the AHP Leadership Group, Clinical Managers, current and future students and apprentices and their mentors.
You may be required on occasion to support other members of the Clinical Education team where necessary.
Main duties of the job
Work with the AHP Lead for Education, Development and Student Experience to implement local, regional, and national education and development strategies for the AHP pre-registration students, preceptees, apprentices, and unregistered AHPs
Support the recruitment and retention of AHPs by providing robust development programmes.
Support the development of AHP Advanced practice.
Facilitate the training and development of practice educators and mentors to enable them to support pre-registration students, preceptees and apprentices
Evaluate the programmes of support pre-registration students and apprentices and provide written reports.
Keep up to date with best practice in AHP Practice Education
Support the recruitment of newly qualified therapists through innovative ways such as the graduate recruitment scheme and support of preceptorship programme.
Responsible for resources relating the training and development, including procurement and maintenance of those resources
Practice in accordance with trust standards/policies and statutory requirements.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work
Job description
Job responsibilities
Open to all AHPs with HCPC registration
To understand the role in more details please refer to the attached job description and person specification for details.
We would particularly welcome applications from Occupational Therapy colleagues, to diversify the skill mix in our team.
However, Applications from all registered AHPs will be welcomed and considered.
Please contact us if you need more information
Job description
Job responsibilities
Open to all AHPs with HCPC registration
To understand the role in more details please refer to the attached job description and person specification for details.
We would particularly welcome applications from Occupational Therapy colleagues, to diversify the skill mix in our team.
However, Applications from all registered AHPs will be welcomed and considered.
Please contact us if you need more information
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-educated Registered AHP with current HCPC registration
- Practice educator training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Relevant clinical courses/ transferable skills
Desirable
- Practice Teacher Qualification or equivalent or willingness to work towards
- Evidence of leadership/management development
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Awareness of current recommendations and initiatives for AHP education
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft applications (PowerPoint and Excel, Word etc).
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
- Ability to prioritise, plan and organise own workload.
- Ability to demonstrate and assess a range of clinical skills
- Work on own initiative and to deadlines.
- Ability to work remotely and autonomously.
- Ability to motivate staff to work effectively in teams
- Ability to work as part of the wider education team.
- Report writing
- Writing policies and guidelines
- Be flexible and adaptable at work to meet competing demands.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience as an AHP
- Knowledge of the AHP apprenticeships AHP Strategies, NHS England and NCL Priorities
- Experience of coordinating and managing practice experience placements for learners
- Current experience of assessing clinical skills
- Experience of developing training and education programmes
- Experience of working with staff across a range of disciplines and levels
- Relevant experience supervising and supporting others.
- Communicating with, and influencing, a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at various levels of seniority.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of Implementing Policies
Desirable
- Experience of staff recruitment
- Experience of formal classroom and clinical based teaching
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to lead by example, promoting the highest standards of personal, interpersonal and professional conduct, integrity and probity
- Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity
- Well developed people skills
- Compassionate leadership skills which are respectful and empathetic towards others.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach and attitude.
- Commitment to lifelong learning, non-discriminatory practice, and an ability to direct own professional development.
- Ability to work independently.
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner.
- Must be able to demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity.
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-educated Registered AHP with current HCPC registration
- Practice educator training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Relevant clinical courses/ transferable skills
Desirable
- Practice Teacher Qualification or equivalent or willingness to work towards
- Evidence of leadership/management development
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Awareness of current recommendations and initiatives for AHP education
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft applications (PowerPoint and Excel, Word etc).
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
- Ability to prioritise, plan and organise own workload.
- Ability to demonstrate and assess a range of clinical skills
- Work on own initiative and to deadlines.
- Ability to work remotely and autonomously.
- Ability to motivate staff to work effectively in teams
- Ability to work as part of the wider education team.
- Report writing
- Writing policies and guidelines
- Be flexible and adaptable at work to meet competing demands.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience as an AHP
- Knowledge of the AHP apprenticeships AHP Strategies, NHS England and NCL Priorities
- Experience of coordinating and managing practice experience placements for learners
- Current experience of assessing clinical skills
- Experience of developing training and education programmes
- Experience of working with staff across a range of disciplines and levels
- Relevant experience supervising and supporting others.
- Communicating with, and influencing, a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at various levels of seniority.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of Implementing Policies
Desirable
- Experience of staff recruitment
- Experience of formal classroom and clinical based teaching
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to lead by example, promoting the highest standards of personal, interpersonal and professional conduct, integrity and probity
- Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity
- Well developed people skills
- Compassionate leadership skills which are respectful and empathetic towards others.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach and attitude.
- Commitment to lifelong learning, non-discriminatory practice, and an ability to direct own professional development.
- Ability to work independently.
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner.
- Must be able to demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity.
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
