Practice Education Facilitator

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Communications

Act as an expert resource/ champion of learning and education to support placement providers.

Communicate educational and practice information in a timely manner with placement providers and educational Institutions.

Ensure the effective use of all communication channels to facilitate the flow of information between internal and external partners.

Share best practice relating to Quality Assurance and inter-professional learning across placement providers.

Produce regular progress reports to inform Learning and Development Agreement monitoring.

Support the data collection process for student placements to be reported back to HEE

Attend and participate in meetings across GM, representing the Training Hub as necessary and deputizing for the lead PEF

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

Service Improvement

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.

Support practice learning environment leads and practice supervisors and assessors to carry out educational audits and become accredited learning environments

Increase capacity of student nurses and other allied health care professionals across primary care

Undertake research and development relevant to education in practice and the clinical learning environment.

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

Support educators / practice supervisors and assessors in complex decisions relating to the student experience including the achievement of learning outcomes, competence and fitness for practice.

Plan and implement development programmes and assessment processes for all healthcare students with educational institutions

Maintain current learning environment capacity by supporting practice supervisors/assessors and maintaining contact when workforce changes occur

Provide best practice advice in a clinical setting for educators/ practice supervisors and staff in relation to education in practice. Communicate changes in curriculum or programmes as required.

Leadership

Contribute to maintaining and improving own professional knowledge and competence, and that of educators / practice supervisors and assessors in practice.

Participate in an annual, collaborative appraisal process to enable achievement of objectives and management of learning needs.

Manage own workload independently and prioritise as required.

Participate in clinical supervision/ professional mentoring and coaching.

Responsibilities for Teaching and Training

Plan, design and deliver structured sessions for SSSA training across primary care for the whole multi-professional team

Identify and support practice supervisors who want to become practice assessors through formal and informal methods of support

Contribute to the Training Hub placement pathway, acting as an integral part of the placement team and contributing as a practice assessor as required

Design, deliver and evaluate training sessions for all student learners allocated to primary care, using innovative ways to deliver teaching and inter-professional learning.

Provide training to primary care staff on behalf of GMTH using skills within own area of expertise.

Development and Innovation

Identify outcomes of inter-professional learning in order to facilitate the breadth of the student experience, and evaluate the effectiveness of any change.

Promote placement expansion and capacity by engaging fully in GM wide processes including the EELE project and GM Synergy

Promote Primary Care Networks as a placement, working with the lead PEF to integrate this within the local training hub

Contribute to Health Education North Wests wider engagement framework in the delivery of defined clinical placement initiatives.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• First degree or equivalent experience
• Education qualification or equivalent
• Membership of relevant professional body
• (e.g.NMC, HCPC)

Desirable

• Working towards a Masters degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline

Experience

Essential

• Broad range of clinical experience (minimum 3 years)
• Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in practice
• Ability to motivate and enthuse others
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and personal presentation skills
• Excellent inter-personal relationship skills
• Ability to utilise a range of personal styles to suit different situations as appropriate
• Ability to support the learning and development of others
• Ability to analyse and interpret data /evidence and apply to practice
• Prioritising and delegation skills
• Demonstrable IT skills
• Ability to design and deliver training to individuals & groups.

Desirable

• Ability to work across traditional boundaries and integrated services including private and voluntary sectors.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of different methods/ styles for teaching and learning
• Detailed understanding of curriculum development including the generation of learning outcomes
• In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework

Desirable

• Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements
• Working knowledge of Interprofessional learning theory

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Training Hub

Address

c/o Marus Bridge Practice

Chandler House, Poolstock Lane

Wigan

WN3 5HL

Employer's website

https://www.gmthub.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)