AHP Undergraduate Education and Training Practitioner

at  Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

The post holder is responsible for provision of a high quality learning experience for under graduate AHP students at Croydon Health Services (CHS). The post holder will work with the AHP professional and operational leads to deliver key strategic aims and objectives for pre-registration education and training.

• Learner engagement strategies and identifying new and innovative models of practice education across the four pillars of practice.
• Engaging with practice educators and clinical leads to increase and sustain clinical placement numbers across the organisation. ..

Actively participate in local projects.
Demonstrate a commitment towards the development of professional and clinical practice (self and others).
Liaison with local AHP pre-registration student placements leads in the management, allocation and delivery of pre-registration student placements.
Representing the Trust and working collaboratively with HEIs and stakeholders
Co-ordinates and provides on-site support, educational input and training and development programmes for staff and learners.
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for.

• To develop and lead the delivery of an ambitious but achievable AHP clinical placement expansion implementation plan across the trust and use a range of methods and resources to evaluate outcomes of the clinical placement expansion work.
• To ensure that all AHP supervisors in placement areas have the required skills, knowledge and competency to deliver safe & effective high quality supervision and mentoring.
• Work with key stakeholders for pre-registered AHP students, ensuring high quality placements and supervision is in place across the trust.
• Provide effective support to ensure a consistently developing, high quality, undergraduate learning experience for AHP students.
• Working collaboratively with the Head of Nursing for practice development, provide decision-making and professional advice in matters relating to undergraduate AHP education and training.
• Be a visible presence across the trust, representing undergraduate AHP students.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in accordance with HCPC requirements and to maintain a professional portfolio.
• To work with the AHP clinical leads to ensure that the CHS student expansion data collection tool is kept up to date and accurately reflects the number of student placements within the organisation.
• To work with the nursing and midwifery educational leads to accurately validate Workforce and Training and Education Directorate (WT & E) placement provider student data collection for AHPs on a quarterly basis.

To effectively communicate with individuals and groups of staff across the trust with regards to AHP students performanc

• Learner engagement strategies and identifying new and innovative models of practice education across the four pillars of practice.
• Engaging with practice educators and clinical leads to increase and sustain clinical placement numbers across the organisation. .