Job summary

An exciting new opportunity for the role of AHP Practice Education Facilitator within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust!

The student placement expansion project established a range of clinical placements across Gloucestershire Health and Care the value of, and justification for, a AHP Practice Education Facilitator became clear.

This range of clinical placements have to be utilised and maintained. This role will suit a Registered Allied Health Professional who is passionate to invest in our future workforce. The PEF willsupport practice educatorsin practice, design and share educational resources, and (if appropriate) clinical skills andtheir expert knowledge. Engaging with Practice Educators to identify how students can be encouraged to embrace every opportunity to apply theory or evidence base to practice and interact with multi-disciplinary team members and service users / patients from a positive and informed position.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to :

• Enable students and team-based practice educators to identify learning styles and facilitate and encourage learning Embed peer to peer collaborative learning incorporating a coaching style Identify develop and upload student teaching / learning resources and enabling learners and practice educators to maximise their potential to enhance learning in a clinical setting To have oversight of placement allocations, recognising 'pinch points' and where time invested with student and practice educators would be of most benefit and ease pressure on clinical teams Supporting clinical teams to fully implement CLIP coaching models Providing professional support and facilitation for unit managers / team leaders, practice supervisors and assessors to provide quality work-based placements to enable staff to develop the right skills, values and behaviours to deliver high quality, safe patient care To work collaboratively with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to realise the required Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) education standards to prepare registrants to fulfil professional standard proficiencies.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that :

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Healthcare providers rely on Universities to prepare future healthcare professionals. In response to existing and projected workforce shortages Universities have increased the numbers of students on healthcare programmes.

To qualify in their respective professions all healthcare students are required to gain experience in a range of practice settings.

The Education Everyones Business One Gloucestershire Student Placement Expansion Project brought together healthcare provider organisations to discuss and realise the clinical placement expansion required to support the additional students to gain the practice experience and skills they need to become confident and competent registered healthcare professionals.

Having established the range of clinical placements it is vital these are utilised and maintained, and we constantly review and realise the potential of further opportunities to expose our future healthcare professionals to (particularly as they evolve and transform) clinical settings and care.

Ensuring students have a quality clinical placement and learning experience across clinical practice environments is critical; we rely on prepared, committed practice educators, supervisors and assessors directly providing support in learning and assessment in practice activities to develop and deliver quality assured placements for students.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description / Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Length and / or nature of experience

Essential

Desirable

Professional / managerial / specialist knowledge

Essential

Desirable

Other Requirements

Essential