0.4 Placement Visitor/clinical Educator

**0.4 Placement Visitor/Clinical Educator**
**REF: BSS065-622**

**The role**:
The post holder will be required to facilitate and support work placements for our prestigious ‘ACORN’ & T-Level students on our Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care/T-Level in Health.
The post holder will be responsible for work placement visits, work place appraisals and monitoring of work place progress. This will require the post holder to work collaboratively with the NHS, curriculum leader, course team and other cross college teams.

**Responsible to**:
The postholder is responsible to the Head of Faculty - Creative, Digital, Business, Care and Access.

**Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities**:
The post holder’s duties and responsibilities involve the organisation and monitoring of hospital ACORN and T-Level work placements. They may include, but are not restricted to the following:

- Liaison with relevant Curriculum Leaders, Tutors, Work Placement Officers, Lead Assessors, Learning Support and Work Placement Coordinators.
- Liaison with NHS staff to ensure smooth running of work placements.
- To organise the induction and training of ACORN and T-Level students as well of change in the rotation of the blocks in collaboration with NHS colleagues
- To co-ordinate vaccinations and other health checks for placement students in collaboration with NHS colleagues
- Use of databases and College systems to record learner progress on placement.
- Completion of all relevant paperwork regarding students and provider, logging and tracking information appropriately.
- Carrying out risk assessments on placement providers premises, where necessary, completing relevant health and safety paperwork.
- Attend team meetings as appropriate.
- To contribute to building effective relationships with NHS colleagues.
- Advising and assisting in the procedures around DBS checks where required.
- To plan a schedule to ensure regular visits and assessments in the work place.
- To set appropriate work place target for students and to give constructive feedback to students and NHS on progress made.
- To ensure all assessment activities are in line with awarding body standard and work placement objectives.
- To deliver the pre-placement programme as required. Including designing and updating resources.
- To maintain accurate records of activities carried out within the job role and to meet requests for information in a timely manner.
- To promote the wider College offer including apprenticeships, traineeships, adult learning and community learning
- To actively promote positive development of Equality and Diversity and comply with Health and Safety requirements both within the College and with employers.
- To carry out any other duties which may be required from time to time and which are commensurate with the post.
- To undertake continuous professional development as required for the role and inform the curriculum area of industry developments.

**General Duties Associated with Work Placements**
- To carry out duties within Work Placements, where necessary maintaining high standards of customer service, and ensuring employers have a welcoming first point of contact.
- To actively promote the positive development of equality and diversity within the Unit and the College.
- To comply with Health & Safety requirements within the Unit and the College.
- To carry out any other duties which may be required from time to time, and which are commensurate with the post.

The above duties are indicative of the requirements of the post at the time of recruitment. It is management policy that roles and responsibilities are reviewed on a regular basis leading to possible modifications where appropriate. Staff may be asked to undertake other duties as may be reasonably required commensurate with the post, at the initial place of work or at other locations from which the College operates.

**The Person**:
**Qualifications and Attainments: Essential/Desirable & Method of** **Assessment**

Level 2 qualification in English and Maths (or a willingness to work towards within the first 12 months) E A

Assessor Award (or a willingness to undertake within the first 12 months) D A

CIEH Level 3 Risk Assessment Principles and Practice qualification (or a willingness to work towards within the first 12 months) D A

A level 3 qualification E A

A teaching qualification D A

**Experience**

Recent relevant experience in the curriculum area E A/I
Experience of liaising with employers E A

Experience of working in the NHS or similar environment D A

Experience of Health & Safety and Risk Assessment D A/I

**Knowledge, Skills and Attributes**

Knowledge of the work placement requirements for technical qualification (T levels) D I

Excellent communication and negotiating skills with the ability to build effective relationships with employers E A/I

Ability to plan and manage own time effectively, meeting all required deadlines E A/I

Ability to use own initiative E I