Practice Placement Lead Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist to work as a Practice Placement Lead within the Therapies Practice Development Team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The post is advertised on a temporary basis, for 0.6 WTE at Band 6 AfC.
Applications are invited from OTs who have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and are able to work autonomously across a variety of different areas. The post holder will have broad clinical knowledge, and experience as a clinical educator, in order to work with clinical teams across Therapies and in partnership with local universities, to ensure excellence in practice learning opportunities. There are also opportunities to work alongside other practice placement leads in providing multi-professional education opportunities for AHP students at NUH., The post holder has the responsibility for the co-ordination of placements for students from a variety of HEIs.
They will work alongside the OT staff at NUH, to ensure the provision of high quality clinical placements.
The post holder supports clinical educators, by providing advice and support to both the students and clinical educators, in order to help students to meet learning objectives.
They contribute to quality assurance by participation in audit and actively seeking feedback from all stakeholders., Formal liaison with universities
-Arrange placements and agree capacity plans in liaison with universities and their requirements
Student direct contact
Provide and / or supervise local student induction programmes
Acting as a highly visible professional as a source of reference for student concerns, assessment and feedback.
To monitor effectiveness of tutorial development and delivery of feedback to and from universities
Quality measurement of student placement programme
Audit of student feedback from resources whilst maintaining student anonymity
Address any issues as they arise from those resources with support from the Practice Development Leads and management
To ensure all equipment training is completed and signed off, and saved for future reference
Assist and support learning experiences for students while on their placement at NUH.
Facilitate the development of knowledge, clinical skills and professional attitudes within therapies, and throughout areas that utilise our expertise
Supervise, guide and act as a role model
Help to orient students to the work environment and assist with any concerns they have.
Provide 'hands-on' skills and experience as necessary and appropriate
To provide an individual induction rota for each student that includes the areas agreed with their respective university for each specific student cohort.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES
CLINICAL
-To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own and others current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit, outcome measures and benchmarking.
-To be professionally responsible, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.
-To ensure and consistently promote a high standard of safe clinical care for all patients.
PROFESSIONAL
-To provide support, guidance and mentoring to Therapy students within speciality

-To represent the Trust internally and externally regarding Therapies student placement programme
-To be responsible for maintaining own competencies to practice through CPD activities and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development and enables maintenance of HPC registration.
-Ensure standards of best practice are maintained.
-Comply with Trust and professional mandatory training requirements
-To be aware of and comply with the local policies and procedures
MANAGEMENT
-To maintain an up-to-date electronic information system that captures details of the student placements, and ensure this data is relayed to the appropriate bodies in a timely fashion.
-To assist with recruitment, selection and retention of students in conjunction with the universities and Therapy Services
-To ensure Health and Safety of patients and colleagues at all times in line with current Health and Safety legislation. To report and investigate incidents, untoward events and near misses through the incident reporting process.
-To assist in the investigation of clinical untoward incidents which involve students in the relevant area.
-To undertake any duties which may be reasonably required

With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH., Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
+ Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
+ Start an Apprenticeship
+ Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:
+ Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
+ Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£42.90 for enhanced and £22.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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