To promote excellence in patient care, the post holder will be an registered Allied Health Professional with relevant experience and be able to provide advice and support for students during their clinical placements when undertaking work based learning. This is to ensure that learners receive the best possible experience in relation to the placement areas, supervision and achievement of learning outcomes.
Within this role the successful candidate will be expected to use their initiative, analytical skills and judgement to support the Senior Practice Placement Facilitators in partnership with local universities to provide quality learning environments for learners.
The post holder will support the Senior Practice Placement Facilitators to provide specialist advice and knowledge to a range of healthcare professionals within and across organisations by identifying opportunities to improve the efficient delivery of pre -registration education. They will also participate in work with senior nursing, midwifery and allied health professional staff and educators to support provision of AHP placements, supervisors and assessors to meet the service commitment to students.
The successful applicant will clinically support the AHP's providing advice to enable learners to meet learning objectives in practice. They will contribute to the quality assurance of the programmes by participation in audit and actively seeking feedback from students, supervisors and patients or service users.
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Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
· Your Leadership Impact
· Leading your Team to Success
· Leading Into the Future
· Service Improvement for Beginners
· Developing your Service Improvement Skills
· Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
+ Explore leadership within the NHS
+ Promote Trust values and behaviours
+ Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
+ Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team., It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected]
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT - Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.
The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated person to work as a Practice Placement Facilitator for the Allied Health Professions (AHP) students within the Education and Practice Development Team.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Allied Health Practitioner to this post who will support the Senior Practice Placement Facilitators in ensuring that South Tees NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality practice placements for AHPs to meet the requirements of students on healthcare training programmes.
Access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.