Allied Health Professions

**The Role**:
The Allied Health Professions(AHP) Practice Education Lead will support and facilitate the development of the workplace as a sustainable quality learning environment for all Allied Health Professional staff (Registered AHPs, pre-registration students, support workers and staff “returning to practice”) working across all care settings within Health Board area:

- Responsibility for designing and delivering training and development programmes as a major job responsibility
- To enhance the quality of learning opportunities available to the AHP workforce.
- To develop local opportunities with our partners for inter professional learning within the Health Board area
- To make a significant contribution supporting the identified education needs of AHP workforce within the workplace
- To increase the capacity of the Health Board area and other sectors to provide learning opportunities for pre-registration AHP students.

The Practice Education Lead role is designed to contribute to the practice learning environment by providing support, building an infrastructure, contributing to educational input and development activities for all AHP staff working within the Health Board area:

- Registered and returning to practice staff
- Support workers
- AHP pre and post registration students (undergraduate or MSc students)

The role is part of a national programme to enhance the quality of the practice learning environment and experience and positively contribute to the future Allied Health Professional workforce in Scotland

The purpose of this role is therefore to:

- increase the number and range of education activities in which the AHP workforce participate
- maximise the number of AHP practice educators to enable flexibility and quality within all practice areas
- ensure that the learning experience is of the highest quality and meets the individual’s learning needs
- ensure support mechanisms are in place for all AHP staff to enable them to engage in CPD / educational programmes which ultimately lead to practice development and improved services for service users and carers.

**NHS Lanarkshire**:
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

**What we'll need you to bring**:

- Qualified to Masters Degree level or equivalent
- Registration with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as one of the ten AHP professional groups
- Evidence of CPD relevant to AHP Practice Education
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting
- Demonstrates experience of practice placements and Practice Education issues
- Ability to collate, analyse and make informed judgements on information sets
- Experience in carrying out research and audit
- High level written, verbal and presentation skills
- Experience in workshop, project and change management
- Demonstrates commitment to team leadership
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Demonstrates and understands the specialities within the team, their perspectives and issues
- IM&T skills
- Able to work independently and in a self directed manner within the remit and timescales of the project

**Contract type**:
Fixed Term or Secondment until 31/01/2025

Part Time

30 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

**Location and Working Pattern**:
This role will be based in the Practice Development Centre within Beckford Street

The working pattern for this role Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

**Looking to find out more?**:
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

**Why NHS Lanarkshire?**:
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee Counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures

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