Job summary
The Kent & Medway ICS Clinical Placement Expansion programme (CPEP) is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced health professional with an interest in developing and promoting practice education. This is one of two Placement Expansion Facilitator (PEF) posts, to increase placement capacity by utilising multiple models of supervision and technology and diverse placements for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals.
You will work across organisational boundaries with other members of the programme team and with both NHS and private, independent, and voluntary providers to implement new and diverse models for practice placements. You will also scope and evaluate placement capacity and allocation models to ensure an equitable approach across the system.
Main duties of the job
This is an excellent opportunity to use your leadership and project management skills and to work on an exciting project for the Kent and Medway integrated care system (KMICS). It is an ideal opportunity for somebody to consolidate their skills and experience gained in organisational role, in a more strategic post and to develop experience of working across an integrated care system (ICS) to deliver an innovative and important programme of work.
This is a full-time, fixed term post or secondment until end of May 2023 (with the potential to be extended until May 2024). Job share / part time hours will be considered.
You will work as part of an experienced team and development opportunities and coaching support will be made available to the successful candidate.
About us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation. If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact the HR team at kmicb.hr@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will oversee the development of a multi-professional clinical placement expansion programme (CPEP) for the Kent and Medway Integrated Care System (KMICS), focused on increasing placement capacity for the nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals. Increasing the diversity of the pre-registration placement options to replicate emerging service models & utilise untapped placement potential. Rolling out clinician to multiple students model (2:1/3:1) & support peer led learning in clinical environments and the use of technology as part of practice learning. Promotion and utilisation of non patient facing learning opportunities such as research and leadership placements so to ensure practice learning is delivered across all pillars of practice is expected.
This post will evaluate capacity and allocation modelling to ensure a fair and equitable approach and will also ensure placements are of a high quality and sustainable. You will influence and organise the development of high quality placements/ learning environments by providing support, educational and development activities for apprentices, pre-registration students and associated mentors/educators. Working with learning environment leads and practice education facilitators, the post holder will provide a key link between operations, students and education providers whilst maintaining a strategic role in enhancing the quality of the learning environment for all health care learners within Kent & Medway ICS, in partnership with Health Education South East (HEE SE) local universities, and other local placement providers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will oversee the development of a multi-professional clinical placement expansion programme (CPEP) for the Kent and Medway Integrated Care System (KMICS), focused on increasing placement capacity for the nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals. Increasing the diversity of the pre-registration placement options to replicate emerging service models & utilise untapped placement potential. Rolling out clinician to multiple students model (2:1/3:1) & support peer led learning in clinical environments and the use of technology as part of practice learning. Promotion and utilisation of non patient facing learning opportunities such as research and leadership placements so to ensure practice learning is delivered across all pillars of practice is expected.
This post will evaluate capacity and allocation modelling to ensure a fair and equitable approach and will also ensure placements are of a high quality and sustainable. You will influence and organise the development of high quality placements/ learning environments by providing support, educational and development activities for apprentices, pre-registration students and associated mentors/educators. Working with learning environment leads and practice education facilitators, the post holder will provide a key link between operations, students and education providers whilst maintaining a strategic role in enhancing the quality of the learning environment for all health care learners within Kent & Medway ICS, in partnership with Health Education South East (HEE SE) local universities, and other local placement providers.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of managing risks and reporting
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
- Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Experience of planning and delivering improvement projects
- Recent experience of working as a practice educator, supervisor or assessor in a health or care environment and/or planning and organising placements
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health Care Professional (NMC, HCPC)
- Working towards postgraduate diploma or masters or evidence of level 7 working or equivalent experience
- Additional specialist knowledge in relation to education and development practice
- Leadership experience / qualification
Competencies and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
- The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of managing risks and reporting
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
- Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Experience of planning and delivering improvement projects
- Recent experience of working as a practice educator, supervisor or assessor in a health or care environment and/or planning and organising placements
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health Care Professional (NMC, HCPC)
- Working towards postgraduate diploma or masters or evidence of level 7 working or equivalent experience
- Additional specialist knowledge in relation to education and development practice
- Leadership experience / qualification
Competencies and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
- The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)
Additional information
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).
