Job summary
Practice Placement Facilitator
The post is a secondment/fixed term PPF Post (B7) to support the delivery of the EELE team across the NENC. The PPF will be working with the North Cumbria Clinical Lead for EELE and the Strategic Lead to deliver the programme, understanding the NHS pre and post registration education agenda for clinical professionals and how that impacts on practice placements, Higher Education Institutes and placement providers.
You will need experience in the principles of placement management, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to identify and influence key stakeholder groups. The PPF will need to support the development and increase of placements across the North Cumbria ICP.
Main duties of the job
To work on behalf of the ICB and in partnership with NHSE, education and training providers including HEIs, local employers and other stakeholders across the wider health and care system to:
- positively influence and improve the quality of the learning environment within the general practice setting and particularly focused across one of the local Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs) within the wider NCNE Integrated Care System (ICS) - North Cumbria, providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities.
- support placement providers across the health and care system in a designated ICP to maximise placement opportunities, working closely with education providers to ensure quality placements for current and planned healthcare learners, particularly nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
- assist the development of place-based options for the support of effective learning environments going forwards, including models of place-based tariff across the system within an assigned ICP
- assist in the workforce development portfolios across the whole Northeast and North Cumbria ICS to support locally identified priorities.
- You will need to be able to manage priorities, problem-solve and have the courage to challenge the status quo.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.
We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies?
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies?
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification, to a minimum of degree level, with up to date professional registration
- Educated to graduate level in health related subject
- Specialist knowledge of education in practice eg accredited mentorship module
Desirable
- Masters level study or equivalent experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Broad range of post qualifying clinical experience
- Extensive experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare learners in the practice setting
- Experience of having worked across professional and organizational boundaries
- Practical experience of Leadership, facilitating change and improvement and the ability to lead by example
- Experience of staff management/staff supervision
- Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
- Evidence of innovation in practice
- Experience of managing projects or quality improvement initiatives
- Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector
- Proven communication skills and experience of collaborative working
- IT skills and knowledge and experience of report writing
- Evidence of involvement in clinical audit and research
- Evidence of analytical thinking and problem solving techniques to resolve difficult situations
- Evidence of proven practice development
- Evidence, knowledge and demonstration of maintaining effective, safe care
- Understanding of national political and professional agenda and its application in practice
- Understanding of contemporary issues in inter-professional education.
- Organisational and time management skills
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- 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 manage difficult conversations and resolve conflict
- Ability to present to large groups of people
- Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
- Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
- Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities
- Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
- Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
- Willingness to work across organization boundaries
- Ability to write evidence based reports
- Understanding of quality improvement methodology and outcome measurement
- Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification, to a minimum of degree level, with up to date professional registration
- Educated to graduate level in health related subject
- Specialist knowledge of education in practice eg accredited mentorship module
Desirable
- Masters level study or equivalent experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Broad range of post qualifying clinical experience
- Extensive experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare learners in the practice setting
- Experience of having worked across professional and organizational boundaries
- Practical experience of Leadership, facilitating change and improvement and the ability to lead by example
- Experience of staff management/staff supervision
- Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
- Evidence of innovation in practice
- Experience of managing projects or quality improvement initiatives
- Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector
- Proven communication skills and experience of collaborative working
- IT skills and knowledge and experience of report writing
- Evidence of involvement in clinical audit and research
- Evidence of analytical thinking and problem solving techniques to resolve difficult situations
- Evidence of proven practice development
- Evidence, knowledge and demonstration of maintaining effective, safe care
- Understanding of national political and professional agenda and its application in practice
- Understanding of contemporary issues in inter-professional education.
- Organisational and time management skills
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- 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 manage difficult conversations and resolve conflict
- Ability to present to large groups of people
- Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
- Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
- Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities
- Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
- Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
- Willingness to work across organization boundaries
- Ability to write evidence based reports
- Understanding of quality improvement methodology and outcome measurement
- Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis
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).
