Peripatetic Practice Assessor

Job responsibilities

Provision of high quality assessments for learners in practice, this will involve periodically working alongside learners in range of care settings and working collaboratively with practice teams to collate evidence for practice assessment

Provision of pastoral support and signposting

Assessing the quality of practice learning environments; escalating any concerns to the PEF team

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

Developing and maintaining links with Education Providers to practice supervisors. For example, contributing to curriculum development, validation and review, and the Annual Quality Review of the Education Contracts.

Support delivery of structured Interprofessional learning in practice for healthcare students, practice assessors and supervisors.

Assess the quality of learning environments against quality assurance standards, suggesting improvement measures to enhance the student learning experience.

Ensure early escalation complex issues relating to the student experience including the achievement of learning outcomes, competence and fitness for practice.

Plan and implement development resources to support the assessment processes for all healthcare students within the clinical setting.

Identify shortfalls in practice education within clinical teams and facilitate access to multi-professional educator programmes/ updates and training opportunities.

Provide best practice advice in a clinical setting for practice assessor/ supervisors and staff in relation to education in practice.

Network locally, regionally and nationally with peer group to support the sharing of best practice.

Develop the knowledge and skills to act as an expert resource/ champion of interprofessional learning in placement providers.

Communicate educational and practice information across placement providers and educational Institutions.

Ensure communication channels are used appropriately to facilitate the flow of information between internal and external partners.

Share best practice relating to quality assurance and interprofessional learning across placement providers.

Ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in conjunction with organisational policies.

Ensure that academic rigor in practice learning is maintained, that learning outcomes can be met, and are aligned with Service reconfigurations.

Continuously monitor practice learning activities against quality assurance standards enabling ongoing enhancement of the learning experience.

Maintain and demonstrate up to date clinical skills and expertise to ensure appropriate support for students/mentors/educators to maintain safe working practice and development of competency

To review and audit compliance/ effectiveness of completion of student assessments and use of E-Roster for students

Audit the effectiveness/ impact of peripatetic assessor role and impact of student/ placement team experiences and compile relevant reports.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered NMC Professional, with up to date professional registration.
• Qualification to a minimum of degree level or equivalent practice experience.
• Mentorship/practice supervisor/assessor course

Desirable

• Post graduate certificate in and Learning and Teaching

Experience

Essential

• Broad range of post qualifying clinical experience.
• Significant and recent experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare learners in the practice setting
• Experience of developing and implementing new systems
• Practical experience of facilitating change and improvement
• Experience of having worked across professional and organizational boundaries

Desirable

• Experience of teaching groups

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct and NMC Standards Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA)
• Working knowledge of PARE and student assessment documentation
• Knowledge/ experience of coaching/ different models of supervision
• Knowledge of learning preferences/ styles
• Knowledge of equality legislation and best practice.

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Effective communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Shows empathy to others and a caring attitude to people (students, staff, patients and the public).
• Ability to manage difficult conversations and resolve conflict including using negotiation skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
• Motivates and coaches others to support them to develop their own capabilities and skills.
• Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
• Has the resilience to keep going in adversity and shows a can do attitude to deliver improvements for others.
• Ability to work in a changing environment
• Good organisational and time management skills

Desirable

• Understanding of quality improvement methodology and outcome measurement/ reporting.

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Flexible approach to working patterns and locations
• Ability to travel throughout the county
• Commitment to personal and professional development

Desirable

• , Driving licence and access to a vehicle

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).