Job summary
Advanced practitioners enhance capacity and capability within multi-professional teams by supporting existing and more established roles. They help to improve clinical continuity, provide more patient-focused care, enhance the multi-professional team and help to provide safe, accessible and high-quality care for patients.
The Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice is looking for experienced advanced practitioners / clinicians who understand the advanced practice framework and can support all aspects of training, supervision, job roles and workforce need for advanced practitioners. They will report to the Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice and support the National Centre for Advancing Practice work on Advanced Practice, feeding into the NHSE Advancing Practice Steering Group.
There are 2 TPD positions open for application.
This is initially a 7-month secondment (potential for extension dependent upon budget) for 1 day a week in one of the following clinical areas.
- Midwifery, Children and Young People and Neonates
- Pharmacy
Please indicate on the application form which post you are applying for
Main duties of the job
Working with the Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice the TPD's will work in all aspects of advanced practice training.
They will liaise with Universities, Trusts, Supervisors and Trainees to support a safe learning environment that creates the best experience for everyone involved.
They will be instrumental in improving standards of supervision for advanced practice trainees and escalate a support plan to trainees who require remediation.
The role offers excellent opportunities for personal and professional development as part of a wider team providing leadership and management to the development of our future healthcare workforce in our region.
This is an evolving job role and working in liaison with senior stakeholders and colleague. You will be working across NHSE and its local teams to collect and share good practice and working closely with external stakeholders to create the environment, levers and policy to deliver crucial transformation in advanced practice education and training. The post holder will have the opportunity to influence and shape the role as it develops and offer innovative ideas to transform the education and training of future advanced practitioners.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
1. Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
2. Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
3. Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
4. Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
5. Delivering value for money.
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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The TPDs will advise the on the following matters:
6. Advanced practice specialty-specific matters happening regionally and nationally.
7. Support recruitment to advanced practice training posts and programmes and manage trainee/trainer concerns.
8. Use educational resources to support learners within programmes to fulfil their full potential.
9. Advanced Practice programme management, including assessments, progression, support and remediation, trainee management, careers support and less than full-time training.
To work closely to support implementation of the NHSE Quality Framework:
10. To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.
To advise on educational and workforce development elements, including:
11. Support effective ICB / organisational workforce planning that includes advanced practitioners across all healthcare settings and professions. Increase systems knowledge and understanding of the impact advanced practitioner roles can have on service delivery, service transformation, improved patient care, continuity of care and increase clinical decision making within the multi-disciplinary team.
12. To support the educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.
13. To promote shared learning opportunities to increase effective inter-professional working across the region.
14. To support development of education where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies, engaging with trusts as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
15. oEducated to Masters' level, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area and healthcare leadership.
16. oCurrent membership to a regulatory body / Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association
17. oExtensive knowledge of healthcare education management or commissioning, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
Knowledge and experience
Essential
18. oExtensive knowledge and understanding of the national advancing practice agenda
19. oExperience of bringing and supporting advanced practice trainees into a Healthcare setting
20. oAn understanding of AP roles within a range of healthcare settings from all professional groups (nursing, AHPs and pharmacists)
21. oAn understanding of the educational requirements of Advanced practice trainees in practice
Skills, Capabilities and attributes
Essential
22. oHighly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
23. oDemonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others.
24. oA strong sense of vision and ability to innovate.
25. oAble to priorities own work effectively and be able to direct the activities of others assuming management of multiple business areas.
Values and behaviours
Essential
26. oLeads by example, actively acts as a role model in own behaviour and fosters an inclusive culture.
27. oAware of the impact of own behaviour on others