Health Placement Lead

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

University College Birmingham are recruiting for a highly skilled Placement Lead, to join the Department of Health and Nutrition. You will join the school at an exciting time as it continues to grow and develop new courses and expand existing offerings.

As Placement Lead, you will lead a small team in the organisation, administration, and coordination of placements for our students undertaking Nursing and Allied Health Programmes. You will have previous experience of leading or mentoring staff, administrative work in a Healthcare setting, and excellent IT skills. Full training on specific UCB systems will be provided.

University College Birmingham strongly encourages its staff to engage in continuous professional development to maintain skills and standards. Full support will be provided to the post-holder in respect of professional updating.

This role is perfect for someone looking for the next step in their career, who wants to expand their skills and knowledge and join the Education sector. 

Job Purpose:  To Lead the Placement Team’s function to plan, provide and oversee the allocation of quality assured and a diverse range of placements, for all Nursing and Allied Health students.

Main Duties and & Responsibilities:

  1. Take line management responsibility for the Placement Officers within the team.
  2. To be the lead decision maker for any placement operational processes and administrative requirements.
  3. To update placement allocation processes and procedures to reflect any changes made by the NMC or HCPC, i.e., changes to placement hours requirements, standards, and placement requirements.
  4. To work in partnership with UCB academic teams and placement providers/practice partners to deliver a high-quality placement service that meets the regulatory requirements of each profession.
  5. Manage and maintain the student data in relation to placements on the University allocations system (ARC).
  6. Liaise with the placement providers to maximise the number of placement opportunities available, through attendance at placement quality meetings and regional meetings.
  7. Scope and identify new placement areas for nursing and health to grow placement capacity, establishing key contacts, and ensuring SLAs and audits are completed to meet regulatory requirements.
  8. Disseminate placement provider information to the Placement Officers, including newly sourced placements, so they can allocate students appropriately in response to placement partner requirements.
  9. Ensure the placement team maintain an accurate list of contact details for all placement providers on ARC so timely communication is maintained between UCB and placement providers.
  10. Arrange meetings with placement providers to discuss placement quality and compliance and monitoring of placement audits and action plans.
  11. Compile reports, for each Placement Learning Partner, that include student allocation outcomes, student evaluations (3 x year), and successes and achievements.
  12. Work with the Nursing and Health Programme Leads to ensure students have completed all pre-placement requirements, producing compliance reports to Programme Leads in a timely manner, withdrawing placements for any student that is not compliant, and communicating to practice partners.
  13. Match student placement requirements to placement availability and support the Placement Officers to allocate all placements in a timely manner, in line with agreed protocols across BSol region.
  14. Co-ordinate retrieval placements for students who do not meet placement hours requirements or have failed placements, ensuring placement providers receive adequate notice of these additional placements.
  15. Prepare, amend, and issue all documentation related to placements, including handbooks and assessment profiles, and ensure that these reflect the current programme requirements.
  16. Record and monitor patterns of placement sickness/absence for all students, highlighting potential problems to academic colleagues as and when required.
  17. Receive complaints, and information on incidents from practice areas, and cascade to Programme Leads, and report outcomes back to practice partners in a timely manner.
  18. Maintain records of professional regulatory requirements on ARC (NMC, HCPC) and other appropriate systems.
  19. Establish and maintain records of student placement participation and monitoring visits, providing reports on placement activity and trends for use by UCB staff.
  20. Maintain records of DBS, Occupational Health clearance, risk assessments, self-reporting of good health and character, mandatory training records.
  21. Complete Health Education England Tariff reporting, providing updates on student numbers per cohort, in liaison with Programme Leads, and compile accurate placement activity data on a quarterly basis.
  22. Coordinate Assessor/ Educator training and update days for practice staff and maintain records of trained and updated practice assessors/educators, ensuring evidence is available for NMC/HCPC.
  23. Support Programme Leads to prepare for exam and progression boards, using ePAD/CPAF records of student achievement from placements.
  24. To ensure practice and data sharing is in line with the General Data Protection Regulations.
  25. To commit to upholding the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda.
  26. To undertake such other duties as commensurate with the nature of the post
#J-18808-Ljbffr

  • Health Placement Lead

    2 weeks ago

    Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    University College Birmingham are recruiting for a highly skilled Placement Lead, to join the Department of Health and Nutrition. You will join the school at an exciting time as it continues to grow and develop new courses and expand existing offerings.As Placement Lead, you will lead a small team in the organisation, administration, and coordination of...

  • Health Placement Lead

    24 minutes ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    Job Overview: University College Brimingham are recruiting for a highly skilled Placement Lead, to join the Department of Health and Nutrition. You will join the school at an exciting time as it continues to grow and develop new courses and expand existing offerings.  As Placement Lead, you will lead a small team in the organisation, administration, and...

  • Placement Officer

    1 month ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Waltham international College Full time

    **Placement Officer Job Description** Waltham International College is a provider of Higher and Further Education for adults that aims to integrate the talents of its students with their visions and aspirations to support them in their success. A position has become available for a Placement Officer at the London Campus for an enthusiastic and motivated...

  • Apprenticeships and Placement Support Advisor

    1 month ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham City University Full time

    **Location**: - Curzon Building**Salary**: - £36,421 to £39,591 per annum- Permanent**Post Type**: - Full Time**Release Date**: - 01 November 2023**Closing Date**: - 23.59 hours GMT on Wednesday 15 November 2023**Interview Date**: - Monday 27 November 2023**Reference**: - 112023-656The Student Inclusion Team provides advice, information and support...

  • Health Safety and Environmental Lead

    2 weeks ago

    Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom Health People Full time

    Health, Safety and Environmental LeadLarge manufacturing business with multiple sites£50,000 + car allowanceAn exciting opportunity to become a key integral part of a leading manufacturing business in South Birmingham. As a HSE lead you will oversee, support, and advise our group on all matters concerning Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) initiatives,...

  • Summer Placement

    1 month ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Vinci Full time

    **About the role**: Join Balfour Beatty VINCI for an exciting 8 week paid Summer Placement stating in July 2024. **Placements will be available in the following areas**: - Environment and Sustainable Delivery **What you'll be doing**: As a Summer placement working on HS2, this is a unique opportunity to support your current studies at University and give...

  • Locum Mental Health Dispensary Pharmacist

    7 days ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Hunter AHP & Mental Health Full time

    **Locum Mental Health Dispensary Pharmacist - Birmingham area - NHS training given!** Hunter AHP Resourcing have a brilliant locum opportunity for a Band 6/7 Pharmacist in the Birmingham area. Our client is looking for a Pharmacist to join a mental health dispensary on a full-time locum basis! _Locum Band 6/7 Pharmacist - mental health dispensary based...

  • Team Manager

    2 weeks ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    University College Birmingham are recruiting for a highly skilled Placement Lead, to join the Department of Health and Nutrition. As Placement Lead, you will lead a small team in the organisation, administration, and coordination of placements for our students undertaking Nursing and Allied Health Programmes. You will have previous experience of leading or...

  • Health & Fire Safety Advisor

    1 month ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Community Health Partnerships Full time

    To lead safety within the region to protect the business interests, assets and well-being of Community Health Partnerships (CHP), its tenants, employees and the general public from harm and risk to their health, safety and welfare. You will need to be self-motivated, able to work independently or as part of a team, efficiently manage the regional properties...

  • Mental Health Nurse

    4 days ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 CPN looking for a new challenge to work within West Assertive Outreach Team. The Assertive Outreach Service is a multidisciplinary team that adopts a person-centred approach, focusing on individual recovery. We work with adults with complex, severe, and enduring mental health needs in the community. We...

  • Field Service Engineer

    1 month ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Perfect Placement Engineering Full time

    **Field Service Engineer** - **Birmingham** **Salary**: £27,000 - £32,000 **Hours**: (40Hrs Per Week) - Mon to Fri 8am-5pm - Earlier starts available for overtime **Job Type**: Full-Time, Permanent **Company Benefits**: - Company Vehicle - PPE - Life Cover - Bonus - Health Plan Our client is on the search for another Field Service Engineer to join their...

  • Patient Administration Lead

    4 weeks ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Circle Health Group Full time

    **The Edgbaston & Priory Hospitals** in Birmingham **are part of Circle Health Group, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with a nationwide network of hospitals & clinics, performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country. **Circle Health Group are proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s 25 best...

  • Business Development Manager

    1 week ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Synergy Health Recruitment Full time

    **Opportunity for a proven Business Development Manager to join my Client's organisation in the Birmingham, West Midlands area** **As Business Development Manager you will lead on maximizing occupancy within exisiting mental health provisions and you will support the end-to-end referral process, including lead generation and building new relationships with...

  • Environment Health Safety Lead

    1 week ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Pertemps Network Group Full time

    Job Description Environment Health & Safety Lead Large manufacturing business with multiple sites £50,000 + car allowance An exciting opportunity to become a key integral part of a leading manufacturing business in South Birmingham. As a EHS lead you will oversee, support, and advise our group on all matters concerning Health, Safety, and Environmental...

  • Oral Health Improvement Lead

    1 month ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    Applications are welcome for this exciting new post to expand and develop the Oral Health Improvement Team, within BCHC Dental Service and across the geographical boundaries of the Integrated Care Systems of Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country. Applicants should have a registered dental professional qualification and be registered with the General...

  • Health Safety and Environmental Lead

    2 weeks ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Pertemps Full time

    Health, Safety and Environmental Lead Large manufacturing business with multiple sites £50,000 + car allowance An exciting opportunity to become a key integral part of a leading manufacturing business in South Birmingham. As a HSE lead you will oversee, support, and advise our group on all matters concerning Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE)...

  • Health Safety and Environmental Lead

    2 weeks ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Pertemps TM Full time

    Health, Safety and Environmental LeadLarge manufacturing business with multiple sites£50,000 + car allowanceAn exciting opportunity to become a key integral part of a leading manufacturing business in South Birmingham. As a HSE lead you will oversee, support, and advise our group on all matters concerning Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) initiatives,...

  • Consultant in Health Protection

    4 weeks ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom UK Health Security Agency Full time

    This is a senior role within the health protection team and provides leadership, management and oversight of the health protection function, including the response to incidents and outbreaks and responsibility for the day to day operational delivery. The post holder will play a key role in developing, shaping and assuring the health protection function,...

  • Health Safety And Environmental Lead

    1 week ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom Company: Full time

    Find jobs in the automotive retail industry Health, Safety and Environmental LeadLarge manufacturing business with multiple sites£50,000 + car allowanceAn exciting opportunity to become a key integral part of a leading manufacturing business in South Birmingham. As a HSE lead you will oversee, support, and advise our group on all matters concerning Health,...

  • Specialist Mental Health Lead

    6 days ago

    Birmingham, United Kingdom ICARE LIVING LIMITED Full time

    **Join Our Team at iCare Living** **Position**: Specialist Mental Health Lead **About Us**: iCare Living is a rapidly growing community complex care company dedicated to providing excellent clinical care to individuals in their own homes across the UK. We maintain a positive and professional reputation with healthcare professionals, clients, and staff,...