A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.
Reporting to the Associate Director Workforce Development Education Training Nursing, Midwifery & AHP this is an exciting opportunity for an Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join the Workforce Development & Education team and lead on workforce development, education and training for pre-registration and qualified AHPs.
Working within the Chief Nursing Officer’s Workforce Development, Education and Training team and the Deputy Chief Allied Health Professional the Allied Health Professions Workforce Development & Education Lead will specifically hold a portfolio to support and facilitate the practice development and education of the Allied Health Professional (AHP) workforce, registered and unregistered practitioners, pre-registration students, apprentices, those returning to practice, returning after retirement and international recruits across the Trust.
Apply the principles set out in the NHS Long term workforce plan, to Train; Retain and Reform through promoting education, career development opportunities, talent management, and continuous professional development, improve productivity through flexible working and apprenticeships.
The successful post holder will lead, deliver and evaluate placements, preceptorship, education and training programmes to ensure standards are set, maintained and delivered upon. The role includes working with the WDET team to develop new programmes of education as new initiatives occur. They will develop excellent relationships with the local AEI and other AEI partners across the region to develop registered professionals whom are capable of delivering high standards of patient care once qualified.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Leadership and management
• To oversee the operational planning by the placement facilitators of all pre and post registration AHP placements, ensuring capacity and quality of placement areas to provide a positive learning environment for students and trainees.
• Lead on the development of a workforce, education and training programmes to enable the delivery of person centred, safe and effective care by maximising the use of AHP resources.
• To co- lead on preceptorship across the organisation for AHPs helping to recruit, develop and retain the best staff.
To facilitate, supervise and develop high quality practice amongst AHPs.
• Provide briefings/reports as required on key focus areas for the nursing, midwifery and AHP leadership team.
• Provide information on training and career development to develop the AHP workforce within EKHUFT to fulfil the NHSE objectives to improve clinical practice.
• Ensure that AHP roles in the Trust are working to clear structured guidance.
• Maintain clinical credibility by undertaking clinically focused work.
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• To be a link for the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) AHP Faculty ensuring key drivers and deliverables are shared within KMPT and that current practice and workforce needs are communicated.
• To contribute to and lead on identified projects relating to key trust and/or professional priorities or objectives.
• Promote all programmes positively and communicate complex information to care groups, to inform Care group AHP clinical leads and business partners promoting engagement and ownership of successes and areas for improvement.
• Support training needs analysis to inform staff development priorities.
• Act as a professional resource on AHP staffing issues, leading on key areas of AHP practice, policy or clinical guidelines.
Communication
• Maintain effective communication with all staff and care group leads.
• Represent Corporate AHP at meetings within the Trust, externally and with partner agencies as required; promoting effective working relationships.
• Arrange and chair meetings (internal and trust-wide and external).
• Work collaboratively with Associate Director of Workforce and Education, Deputy Chief Allied Health Professional, Heads of Department and clinical leads to ensure effective and efficient provision of AHP staffing
Personal and People Development
• Receive appraisal at least annually and contribute to own personal development plan (PDP).
• To adhere to and apply the current Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct for own profession and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency for own regulated profession.
• Identify and interpret information as required and apply it appropriately to support the delivery and development of services.
• Be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, management & clinical skills (as appropriate) and professional awareness in accordance with Continual Professional Development (CPD) requirements and maintain a professional profile.
• Provide coaching through one to one management meetings, clinical supervision in order to support their development and for those who require guidance and support.
• Provide constructive feedback to staff on their performance, taking remedial action when performance falls below the required standard to assist them in addressing deficits.
• Be accountable for and ensure own competence in practice.
• Take part in reflection and appropriate learning from practice, in order to maintain and develop competence and performance.
• Act as a role model for professional standards and effective leadership, enabling and facilitating others to take initiatives forward.
• Encourage and promote AHP research activity.
Education and Staff Development
• Work as a project lead in developing and implementing the AHP workforce.
• Work closely with resourcing, health roster and ESR teams to support a joined-up approach to the AHP workforce agenda.
• Contribute in recruitment and retention strategies and the creation of a Trust AHP ambition strategy.
• Be responsible for the coordination of all pre-registration AHP placements, ensuring capacity and quality of placement areas to provide appropriate learning outcomes for students. Supporting the AHP placement facilitators to operationalise the placement activity. Liaising with other health professional education leads to ensure equity.
• To host professional placements relevant to own registration area.
• Act as an expert and be a representative for AHP practice-based learning and education focused developments, advising and approving appropriate expenditure on identified budgets.
• Participate on inter-professional curriculum design groups / committees to ensure service needs are reflected in education provision, CPD and lead on the implementation of inter-professional learning within placement areas by working with AEI, Allied Health Professions, Nursing, Clinical Leads and Trust Managers.
• To work strategically across the Kent and Medway ICB to support capability and capacity of placements.
• Develop criteria and standards in placement areas incorporating current research and innovations in practice, ensuring professional standards for pre-registration education / practice education between HEI, trust, educator, and students are met.
• Work with NHS England Workforce Education Training (NHSEWET) to ensure education commissioning meets the service needs and all commissioned places are utilised.
• Collate, analyse, interpret and action plan student placement evaluations to inform capacity and quality of placements. Use evaluative placement data to inform decisions on suitable learning environments and inform improvements.
• Be an expert lead for pre-registration placements for internal and external quality reviews (Quality framework and contract reviews) with stakeholders and ongoing quality monitoring, disseminating information and raising awareness of the process to all staff.
• Establish and maintain a register of practice educators/supervisors in the trust, working in partnership with AEIs to deliver teaching and assessing updates, to evidence ongoing quality monitoring.
• Act as key resource to managers/staff on clinical and personal development to support AHP practice development. Advising on the provision of suitable post registration studies through training panels and in-service training, as appropriate.
• To attend and support the care group clinical forums enabling dissemination of practice-based learning, practice developments and education focused resources and information.
• Work with care groups to coordinate regular training needs analyses to facilitate the development of appropriate CPD activities that meet the needs of AHPs working across the trust.
• In negotiation with directorate heads of AHPs to develop, prepare, deliver, assess and evaluate practice development initiatives utilising a variety of strategies, to meet the needs of AHPs
• To develop an AHP education and career development framework and pathway that enables AHP professional development and advancement at all levels.
• To lead on apprenticeships for the AHP workforce and other workforce projects that link to career development and progression.
Managing Quality
• Responsible for writing and reviewing AHP policies that reflects current research, evidence-based practice, is auditable and in line with NHS Improvements and NICE guidance.
• Monitor progress towards achievement of relevant AHP ambitions and the trusts clinical strategy.
• To support AHP staff called for HCPC audits.
Financial Management
• Manage allocated workforce development education and training budgets.
• Contribute to the development of business cases.
• Contribute to the management and delivery of CPD funding
Equality and Diversity
• Carry out duties and responsibilities with regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunity policy.
• Recognise the importance of peoples’ rights and act in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Ensure that staff acknowledge and recognise peoples’ expressed beliefs, preferences and choices; respecting diversity and valuing people as individuals
• Acknowledge and recognise peoples’ expressed beliefs, preferences and choices; respecting diversity and valuing people as individuals.
• Take account of own behaviour and its effect on others.
This advert closes on Friday 6 Dec 2024