Ahp Practice Education Lead

Are you an experienced AHP with a passion for AHP practice education and development?

Do you want to ensure we provide high quality clinical placements for the future AHP workforce?

Perhaps you’re seeking an opportunity to develop your leadership skills in a safe supportive environment?

If yes, then this job is for you

In collaboration with professional leads and education providers, you will ensure the appropriate management of AHP placements within the Trust. You will facilitate the sharing of best practice to continuously enhance both the learning opportunities and support strategies for students, apprentices and their mentors/practice supervisors/ practice assessors.

The role will also help development of AHP support workers in line with the Allied Health Professions' Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development Framework.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality multi professional learning environments within the Trust.
The post holder will be required to work locally with allied health professions (AHPs) where inter professional learning opportunities can be promoted. The post holder will be required to support the breadth of student learning and experience, whichmay require cross boundary working.
The post holder will liaise with AHP leaders, employees, students and key external stakeholders including Health Education Institutes (HEIs), Health Education England (HEE) and locally based service providers, local Trusts and the Private, Voluntary and Independent Sector.

Assessing the quality of a range of clinical practice learning environments,
determining interventions to sustain and enhance practiceeducation;
ensuring all service areas/ placement providers have an up to date action
plan in place, informing the annual quality monitoring of Learning and
Development Agreements.
- Supporting and facilitating the development of clinical practice supervisors,

providing supervision and support structures in order to build AHP education
in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.
- Leading on the structuring and coordination of inter professional learning

activity across service area(s).
- Participating in Quality Assurance multi professional site visits across

organisations.
- Developing, co-ordinating, evaluating and implementing AHP education

programmes with Higher Education partners. For example contributing to
curriculum development, validation and review through the Annual Quality
Review of the Education Contracts.
- To work with other professionals from multidisciplinary teams to ensure the

professional learning and development strategy is reflected in all aspects of
service development resulting in improved care to patients.
- To ensure robust evidence is in place regarding the levels of training

delivered which meets the requirements of the regulatory bodies.
Learning and Development
- Lead on the structuring, design and delivery of inter professional learning

opportunities in practice for healthcare students and mentors/ practice
supervisors, within the organisation.
- Work in partnership with the Higher Education Partners in the planning,

delivery and review of development programmes for mentors/ practice
supervisors in order to meet the learning needs of different professional
groups, and to ensure that the facilitation of inter professional learning
outcomes is included.
- Identify opportunities where multi professional mentorship, practice

supervision can be facilitated in practice as a foundation for inter
professional learning to take place.
- Produce and maintain a portfolio of education in practice activity within

service area(s). For example, in house mentorship programmes, structured
inter professional learning activities, teaching packages.
- Lead on the development, implementation and review of education in

practice learning environments in line with the educational policy.
- To be aware of current trends and developments in AHP education and

practice development.
Services and Project Management
- Prepare and support AHP mentors/ practice supervisors to perform

educational audits/ self-assessments and support mentors/ practice
supervisors in the delivery of education action plans.
- Support the delivery of health related educational programmes and clinical

skills.
- Undertake research and development relevant to mentorship/ education in

practice and the clinical learning environment.
- Assess and benchmark clinical and other practice educational environments

within own organisation and with key external partners.
- Develop and support mentors/ practice supervisors in decisions relating to

the student experience including the achievement of learning outcomes,
competence and fitness for practice.
- Identify shortfalls in mentors/ practice supervisors across a range of learning

environments in order to inform commissioning intentions, and facilitate
access to multi professional mentorship programmes/ up