Formal liaison with universities - Arrange placements and agree capacity plans in liaison with universities and their requirements.
Student direct contact: Provide and/or supervise local student induction programmes. Acting as a highly visible professional as a source of reference for student concerns, assessment and feedback. Monitor effectiveness of tutorial development and delivery of feedback to and from universities. Quality measurement of student placement programme. Audit of student feedback from resources whilst maintaining student anonymity. Address any issues as they arise from those resources with support from the Practice Development Leads and management. Ensure all equipment training is completed and signed off, and saved for future reference. Assist and support learning experiences for students while on their placement at NUH. Facilitate the development of knowledge, clinical skills and professional attitudes within therapies, and throughout areas that utilise our expertise. Supervise, guide and act as a role model. Help to orient students to the work environment and assist with any concerns they have. Provide hands-on skills and experience as necessary and appropriate. Provide an individual induction rota for each student that includes the areas agreed with their respective university for each specific student cohort.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES
CLINICAL:
1. To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own and others' current practices through the use of evidence-based practice projects, audit, outcome measures and benchmarking.
2. To be professionally responsible, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.
3. To ensure and consistently promote a high standard of safe clinical care for all patients.
PROFESSIONAL:
1. To provide support, guidance and mentoring to Therapy students within specialty.
2. To represent the Trust internally and externally regarding Therapies student placement programme.
3. To be responsible for maintaining own competencies to practice through CPD activities and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development and enables maintenance of HPC registration.
MANAGEMENT:
1. To maintain an up-to-date electronic information system that captures details of the student placements, and ensure this data is relayed to the appropriate bodies in a timely fashion.
2. To assist with recruitment, selection and retention of students in conjunction with the universities and Therapy Services.
3. To ensure Health and Safety of patients and colleagues at all times in line with current Health and Safety legislation. To report and investigate incidents, untoward events and near misses through the incident reporting process.
4. To assist in the investigation of clinical untoward incidents which involve students in the relevant area.
5. To undertake any duties which may be reasonably required.
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