Assistant Allied Health Professional Practice Placement Facilitator
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 07 June 2023
Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to join a forward thinking People and OD team who are on a journey to deliver excellence in people practice? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
We are delighted to be recruiting for an Assistant Allied Health Professions Practice Placement Facilitator to join our Practice Education Team. You will report directly to the Allied Health Professional Practice Placement Facilitator, Nursing Practice Placement Facilitators and Lead Nurse for Practice Education.
This exciting new role will assist in the delivery of high-quality practice placements for our student AHPs throughout the organisation. The post holder will work alongside the AHP PPF, AHP Education Leads, AHP Practice Educators and support staff in order to promote and support the education of AHP students. Applications are invited from motivated and experienced AHPs, who have excellent communication, inter-personal skills and have the ability to work autonomously across a variety of areas within hospital and community settings. They will need to demonstrate a problem-solving approach and have a keen interest in student education.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work in partnership with the AHP PPF and will be responsible for ensuring the provision and maintenance of high-quality practice education across the Trust and support for AHP learners. The post holder will be required to support work with placement areas in order to explore and expand practice placement opportunities and promote the use of coaching models in order to maximize placement capacity. The post holder will assist in the pre-placement preparations, orientation and induction of new learners, promote student retention and contribute to assessing the quality of learning environment against HEE quality standards. The post holder will act as a resource and champion for practice education, providing and facilitating best practice advice and escalating practice placement concerns as required.
The post holder will be expected to form key relationships with:
- Practice Placement Facilitators
- AHP Education Lead's
- Practice Education Team
- AHP Practice Educators and supporting staff
- Partnership university education and placements team
- Practice area clinical Teams
- AHP managers
- Practice area multidisciplinary teams
- AHP students on healthcare training programmes
Informal enquiries welcomed by our Allied Health Professional Practice Placement Facilitator Louise Lockwood - louise.lockwood2@nhs.net
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead. Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients. As a group we employ around 4,200 staff and currently provide 600 hospital beds across Gateshead. Our primary focus is on providing excellent general health services to our local community complemented by key specialist areas including Gynaecology, maternity, palliative care and old age psychiatry. Alongside a full range of local hospital services, we provide breast screening services for Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland and parts of Durham - and we are the North Eastern hub for the National Bowel Cancer and AAA Screening Programmes, covering a population of around seven million people.
Date posted
24 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year PA Pro Rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
297-5174837
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Sheriff Hill
Gateshead
NE9 6SX
Employer details
Employer name
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Sheriff Hill
Gateshead
NE9 6SX
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