Job summary
Are you a Nurse or AHP looking for a change or the
opportunity to try something different?
Do you enjoy
sharing your knowledge and expertise with colleagues to support clinical and
service development?
Are you
passionate about supporting and developing our future and existing workforce?
Are you keen to
continue supporting clinical practice for learners and students especially in
primary and social care?
If so a
Practice Learning Facilitator role could be the opportunity you've been looking
for.
We are looking
for healthcare professionals who are registered with the NMC or HCPC and who
have experience of supporting learners and their supervisors in practice.
NHS Dorset are
proud to be a part of delivering and leading on a variety of projects aimed at
supporting and developing our future and existing workforce across our
Integrated Care System, including clinical placement expansion, preceptorship,
return to practice, trainee nursing associates and registered nurse degree
apprenticeships.
We are able to
offer an exciting opportunity to join us in our diverse and dynamic ICS
Workforce Delivery Team.
You will work
closely with partners across the NHS and will work alongside registered staff
and learners, offering a range of development opportunities to meet learning
needs and increase the quality placement offer, and enhance learner experience
in Dorset.
Main duties of the job
This
is a secondment opportunity (subject to employer agreement) for a minimum of 12
months (fixed term will be considered) and could be part of a joint role /
portfolio.
In order to be successful in this position, you will need to
have proven experience of clinical practice and supporting learners and
supervisors. A professional registration
for Nursing or AHP is essential as is an assessors qualification or experince
of supervising learners. You must be
able to demonstrate excellent communication and facilitation skills, be able to
multi task and prioritise workload whilst providing high level support to a
variety of partners within Dorset ICS.
You will be passionate about
learning and education and supporting the development of our workforce across
Dorset ICS.
This role will be based in
West Moors and travel to other sites across Dorset may be required. Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions you
will be required to work in a flexible manner including remotely. The Our
Dorset Workforce Development Team and Primary Care Training Hub support acute, primary
care, community and social care providers within Dorset along with external
partners such as education providers and Health Education England. The priority areas of support include
placement expansion, workforce planning, recruitment and retention and education
and development of new roles.
About us
We are joining up to tackle all the things that affect our health and wellbeing, make real change, and improve things for our communities.
Dorset ICS is made up of:
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- University Hospitals Dorset Foundation Trust
- Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust
- Dorset HealthCare University Foundation Trust
- Dorset Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council
- 194 town and parish councils
- 18 primary care networks (made up of 73 GP practices)
- Southwestern Ambulance Service Foundation Trust
- Dorset Police
- Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
- 7,300 voluntary organisations
What we do
The Health and Care Bill puts ICSs on a statutory footing empowering them to better join up health and care services, improve population health, and reduce health inequalities.
ICSs have four core purposes:
- Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
- Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
- Enhance productivity and value for money
- Help the NHS support broader social and economic development
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
To positively
support, influence and improve the quality of the learning environment
predominately in primary and social care settings by providing support, supervision,
educational and professional development opportunities for practice assessors,
supervisors, students, qualified health care professionals and support workers
within the practice setting.
To scope placement
capacity and capability for establishing and increasing placement opportunities
for student nurses and AHPs in primary and social care.
To work as part
of the team delivering and leading on a variety of projects aimed at supporting
and developing our future and existing workforce, including preceptorship, return
to practice, trainee nursing associates and registered nurse degree
apprenticeships.
POST SPECIFIC,
TASKS AND OBJECTIVES
STRATGEY AND DEVELOPMENT
-
To work as part
of the team delivering and leading on nursing and AHP placement expansion and
quality learning environments within primary and social care.
-
To lead on
enhancing the learning environment by ensuring quality control mechanisms are
in place, taking appropriate action when areas for development are identified.
-
Developing
learning opportunities for assessors and learners is a major job responsibility
by delivering in house courses, designing information/learning packages; provide
contemporary specialist advice on areas of new developments in clinical
practice and best practice initiatives for both professional and vocational
learning. Facilitating work-based
shadowing, coaching and peer supervision.
-
Contribute to
enhancing the quality of the learning environment by being the allocated lead
professional undertaking audit of the practice environment; maximising the
number of appropriately skilled supervisors / assessors within clinical
settings whilst maximising the number of students and learners who can be
effectively supported within these settings and making appropriate action plans
to resolve areas of concern, and escalating unresolved issues to the
appropriate responsible professional.
-
Lead education
activities related to all learners within the system to include design and
delivery of local workshops for assessor and supervisors utilising and
developing a variety of delivery involving external education providers such as
local colleges and universities where appropriate.
-
Contribute
to the expansion of Nursing Associates and Registered Nurse Degree Apprentices within
the Primary and Social Care workforce, by supporting learners and their supervisors
in line with workforce plans.
-
Lead on the
production of programmes and their delivery in skills interventions where
necessary that enhance the learning experience.
-
Implementation
and maintenance of Learning Contracts, to ensure staff comply with course
requirements, attendance and completion in order to minimise attrition rates and
maintain contractual arrangements and funding streams.
COMMUNICATION
-
Optimise and maximise placement
capacity by maintaining supervisor and assessor records and audit information.
Analysis of data such as student activity, assessor availability and workforce
redesign and coordinating allocation of student placements in partnership with
the HEI.
- Contribute to standards in the practice environment
through the application of specialist knowledge in education and development.
-
Utilising prior knowledge and
experience to develop learning opportunities for staff in the form of student
and assessor support.
-
Provide expert support and
advice to assessors and learners in the workplace by providing professional
guidance regarding development of knowledge and practice and potentially
supporting the assessment of learners.
-
Lead education activities
related to multi professional level involving universities and other external
providers.
-
Support the development of
education and development policies through participation in joint working
events involving the employer, NHS Trusts, University, Further Education and
vocational providers.
-
Through ones own continuing
professional development and learning, provide
best practice advice to all learners to support governance and patient care.
-
Ensuring public protection by
providing expert support and guidance to assessors making complex and sensitive
decision-making in respect of student placement, competence or fitness to
practice.
-
Support the process of reviewing
complex placement/programme evaluation and ensuring information is shared with
practice partners and action plans formulated and to provide comprehensive
written reports of data analysis and recommendations for improvement and
further development.
-
To provide expert advice,
guidance and coaching relating to action planning in the event of a
pre-registration learner failing to meet their learning outcomes, and ensuring
that sensitive, complex information pertaining to the individual is held in
line with Data Protection responsibilities.
ADMINISTRATIVE
-
Redeploy students and learners
within Dorset ICS where assessor availability is limited or reduced, or the
learning environment is not meeting the learners needs.
-
Contribute to the internal
recruitment process of pre-registration nurses and allied health professionals
as part of the Higher Education Institute process and /or the employing
organisation.
HUMAN RESOURCES/
WORKFORCE
-
To engage with regular
management supervision and identify own learning/developmental needs to inform
a Professional Development Plan.
-
To support the ongoing
continuous professional development of all staff members throughout the system
where directed, through the dissemination of expert knowledge of in-house and
external learning and development opportunities.
RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
-
To undertake research in
relation to development of practice placement opportunities, increases in
availability and quality assurance by carrying out audit of the practice
environment within the Trust.
-
Contribute to the development
of guidelines, policies and competencies for practice.
-
Represent relevant projects at
internal as well as external meetings contributing to wider strategic planning
such as policymaking, planning and implementation of new initiatives.
INFORMATION
/ DATA RESPONSIBILITIES
-
Develop systems and processes
to support data collection linked to placement capacity, recruitment, retention
and evaluative feedback.
ENVIRONMENTAL
-
The post holder may be required
to concentrate for sustained periods when compiling reports and analysing data.
For further
information, please see full Job Description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
To positively
support, influence and improve the quality of the learning environment
predominately in primary and social care settings by providing support, supervision,
educational and professional development opportunities for practice assessors,
supervisors, students, qualified health care professionals and support workers
within the practice setting.
To scope placement
capacity and capability for establishing and increasing placement opportunities
for student nurses and AHPs in primary and social care.
To work as part
of the team delivering and leading on a variety of projects aimed at supporting
and developing our future and existing workforce, including preceptorship, return
to practice, trainee nursing associates and registered nurse degree
apprenticeships.
POST SPECIFIC,
TASKS AND OBJECTIVES
STRATGEY AND DEVELOPMENT
-
To work as part
of the team delivering and leading on nursing and AHP placement expansion and
quality learning environments within primary and social care.
-
To lead on
enhancing the learning environment by ensuring quality control mechanisms are
in place, taking appropriate action when areas for development are identified.
-
Developing
learning opportunities for assessors and learners is a major job responsibility
by delivering in house courses, designing information/learning packages; provide
contemporary specialist advice on areas of new developments in clinical
practice and best practice initiatives for both professional and vocational
learning. Facilitating work-based
shadowing, coaching and peer supervision.
-
Contribute to
enhancing the quality of the learning environment by being the allocated lead
professional undertaking audit of the practice environment; maximising the
number of appropriately skilled supervisors / assessors within clinical
settings whilst maximising the number of students and learners who can be
effectively supported within these settings and making appropriate action plans
to resolve areas of concern, and escalating unresolved issues to the
appropriate responsible professional.
-
Lead education
activities related to all learners within the system to include design and
delivery of local workshops for assessor and supervisors utilising and
developing a variety of delivery involving external education providers such as
local colleges and universities where appropriate.
-
Contribute
to the expansion of Nursing Associates and Registered Nurse Degree Apprentices within
the Primary and Social Care workforce, by supporting learners and their supervisors
in line with workforce plans.
-
Lead on the
production of programmes and their delivery in skills interventions where
necessary that enhance the learning experience.
-
Implementation
and maintenance of Learning Contracts, to ensure staff comply with course
requirements, attendance and completion in order to minimise attrition rates and
maintain contractual arrangements and funding streams.
COMMUNICATION
-
Optimise and maximise placement
capacity by maintaining supervisor and assessor records and audit information.
Analysis of data such as student activity, assessor availability and workforce
redesign and coordinating allocation of student placements in partnership with
the HEI.
- Contribute to standards in the practice environment
through the application of specialist knowledge in education and development.
-
Utilising prior knowledge and
experience to develop learning opportunities for staff in the form of student
and assessor support.
-
Provide expert support and
advice to assessors and learners in the workplace by providing professional
guidance regarding development of knowledge and practice and potentially
supporting the assessment of learners.
-
Lead education activities
related to multi professional level involving universities and other external
providers.
-
Support the development of
education and development policies through participation in joint working
events involving the employer, NHS Trusts, University, Further Education and
vocational providers.
-
Through ones own continuing
professional development and learning, provide
best practice advice to all learners to support governance and patient care.
-
Ensuring public protection by
providing expert support and guidance to assessors making complex and sensitive
decision-making in respect of student placement, competence or fitness to
practice.
-
Support the process of reviewing
complex placement/programme evaluation and ensuring information is shared with
practice partners and action plans formulated and to provide comprehensive
written reports of data analysis and recommendations for improvement and
further development.
-
To provide expert advice,
guidance and coaching relating to action planning in the event of a
pre-registration learner failing to meet their learning outcomes, and ensuring
that sensitive, complex information pertaining to the individual is held in
line with Data Protection responsibilities.
ADMINISTRATIVE
-
Redeploy students and learners
within Dorset ICS where assessor availability is limited or reduced, or the
learning environment is not meeting the learners needs.
-
Contribute to the internal
recruitment process of pre-registration nurses and allied health professionals
as part of the Higher Education Institute process and /or the employing
organisation.
HUMAN RESOURCES/
WORKFORCE
-
To engage with regular
management supervision and identify own learning/developmental needs to inform
a Professional Development Plan.
-
To support the ongoing
continuous professional development of all staff members throughout the system
where directed, through the dissemination of expert knowledge of in-house and
external learning and development opportunities.
RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
-
To undertake research in
relation to development of practice placement opportunities, increases in
availability and quality assurance by carrying out audit of the practice
environment within the Trust.
-
Contribute to the development
of guidelines, policies and competencies for practice.
-
Represent relevant projects at
internal as well as external meetings contributing to wider strategic planning
such as policymaking, planning and implementation of new initiatives.
INFORMATION
/ DATA RESPONSIBILITIES
-
Develop systems and processes
to support data collection linked to placement capacity, recruitment, retention
and evaluative feedback.
ENVIRONMENTAL
-
The post holder may be required
to concentrate for sustained periods when compiling reports and analysing data.
For further
information, please see full Job Description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health Practitioner with the NMC or HCPC plus specialist knowledge in the relevant professional field.
- Recognised learner support qualification (Learning & Assessing) or completion of a recognised AHP Educator Programme.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience at Band 5 level.
- Demonstrable experience of working with pre-registration students and all other learners in clinical practice
- Experience of working in a complex changing environment
- Experience of supporting practice based learning including Pre-Registration learners
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of working with higher education institutions & the requirements for learners in the working environment
- Knowledge of pre-registration nursing and allied health professional curriculum, assessment methodologies & mentoring framework at national & local levels.
- Proven ability to challenge current working practices & introduce changes in light of evidence-based recommendations
- Knowledge of current political and workforce drivers
- Leadership & influencing skills
- Ability to use persuasive, motivational & negotiation skills to engage individuals & teams to bring about change
- Teaching & presentation skills
- Organisation & planning skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health Practitioner with the NMC or HCPC plus specialist knowledge in the relevant professional field.
- Recognised learner support qualification (Learning & Assessing) or completion of a recognised AHP Educator Programme.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience at Band 5 level.
- Demonstrable experience of working with pre-registration students and all other learners in clinical practice
- Experience of working in a complex changing environment
- Experience of supporting practice based learning including Pre-Registration learners
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of working with higher education institutions & the requirements for learners in the working environment
- Knowledge of pre-registration nursing and allied health professional curriculum, assessment methodologies & mentoring framework at national & local levels.
- Proven ability to challenge current working practices & introduce changes in light of evidence-based recommendations
- Knowledge of current political and workforce drivers
- Leadership & influencing skills
- Ability to use persuasive, motivational & negotiation skills to engage individuals & teams to bring about change
- Teaching & presentation skills
- Organisation & planning skills
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
