AHP Practice Education Facilitator

+ Enable students and team-based practice educators to identify learning styles and facilitate and encourage learning
+ Embed peer to peer collaborative learning incorporating a coaching style
+ Identify develop and upload student teaching/learning resources and enabling learners and practice educators to maximise their potential to enhance learning in a clinical setting
+ To have oversight of placement allocations, recognising 'pinch points' and where time invested with student and practice educators would be of most benefit and ease pressure on clinical teams
+ Supporting clinical teams to fully implement CLIP coaching models
+ Providing professional support and facilitation for unit managers / team leaders, practice supervisors and assessors to provide quality work-based placements to enable staff to develop the right skills, values and behaviours to deliver high quality, safe patient care
+ To work collaboratively with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to realise the required Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) education standards to prepare registrants to fulfil professional standard proficiencies.

An exciting new opportunity for the role of AHP Practice Education Facilitator within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust!

The student placement expansion project established a range of clinical placements across Gloucestershire Health and Care the value of, and justification for, a AHP Practice Education Facilitator became clear.

This range of clinical placements have to be utilised and maintained. This role will suit a Registered Allied Health Professional who is passionate to invest in our future workforce. The PEF willsupport practice educatorsin practice, design and share educational resources, and (if appropriate) clinical skills andtheir expert knowledge. Engaging with Practice Educators to identify how students can be encouraged to embrace every opportunity to apply theory or evidence base to practice and interact with multi-disciplinary team members and service users / patients from a positive and informed position., We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;


• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;


• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;


• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative


Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.