Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILTIES
1.
Assessing the quality of a range of practice learning environments, determining interventions to sustain and enhance practice education; 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.
2.
Supporting and facilitating the development of clinical practice mentors/ practice supervisors, providing supervision and support structures in order to build education in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.
3.
Leading on the structuring and coordination of inter-professional learning activity across a service area(s).
4.
Participating in single Quality Assurance multi-professional site visits across organisations.
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Developing, co-coordinating, evaluating and implementing education programmes with Higher Education partners. For example, contributing to curriculum development, validation and review through the Annual Quality Review of the Education Contracts.
Learning and Development
6.
Lead on the structuring, design and delivery of inter-professional learning opportunities in practice for healthcare students and mentors/ practice supervisors, within own organisation.
7.
Work in partnership with the HEIs 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.
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Identify opportunities were multi-professional mentorship, practice supervision can be facilitated in practice as a foundation for inter-professional learning to take place.
9.
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
10.
Lead on the development, implementation and review of education in practice learning environments in line with educational policy.
22/01/2025
Services and Project Management
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Prepare and support mentors/ practice supervisors to perform educational audits/self-assessments and support mentors/ practice supervisors in the delivery of education action plans.
12.
Undertake research and development relevant to mentorship/ education in practice and the clinical learning environment.
13.
Assess and benchmark clinical and other practice educational environments within own organisation and with key external partners.
14.
Develop and support mentors/ practice supervisors in decisions relating to the student experience including the achievement of learning outcomes, competence and fitness for practice.
15.
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/ updates and training opportunities.
16.
Provide best practice advice in a clinical setting for mentors/ practice supervisors and staff in relation to education in practice.
Development and Innovation
17.
Identify outcomes of inter-professional learning experiences in order to facilitate the breadth of the student experience and evaluate the effectiveness of any change.
18.
Collaborate with the North West Clinical Placement Development Network to align new placement opportunities to learning outcomes.
19.
Contribute to the SHA wider engagement framework in the delivery of defined clinical placement initiatives.
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Network locally, regionally and nationally with peer group to support the sharing of best practice.
Communication
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Act as an expert resource/Champion of Inter-professional Learning in Placement Providers.
22.
Communicate educational and practice information across placement providers and educational Institutions and undertake presentations relating to education in practice.
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Ensure communication channels are used appropriately to facilitate the flow of information between internal and external partners.
24.
Share best practice relating to Quality Assurance and Inter-professional Learning across placement providers.
25.
Produce a 6 monthly progress report to inform Learning and Development Agreement monitoring.
26.
Ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in conjunction with organisational policies.
Service Improvement
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Collaborate with key external partners in Higher Education Institutions and the NW Placement Development Network to ensure academic rigor in practice learning is maintained, learning outcomes can be met, and are aligned with Service reconfigurations.