Regional Practice Education Facilitator - AHP Mental Health services

We currently have an exciting vacancy for a Regional Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) to work across Allied Health Profession services in the North Wales region. The role is a full-time (37.5 hours) Band 7 fixed-term or secondment opportunity for 12 months in the first instance. The post is open to registered Allied Health Professionals with a background in education or clinical practice.
The posts are open to registered Allied Health Professionals with a background in education or clinical practice.
These are new roles to help shape a new programme of work. Post holders will work with the HEIW Head of Placement Experience and Improvement and HEIW leads involved in implementation of the Strategic Mental Health Workforce Plan for Health and Social Care (2022) to help support a motivated, engaged and valued, health and social care mental health workforce. Post holders will help advance Workforce Plan ambitions to enable a broader range of multi-disciplinary training and clinical placements in mental health settings.
Engaging with HEIW, Welsh Universities, mental health service leads, practice learning environment staff, Health Boards, and wider stakeholders, post holders will lead on targeted expansion of practice learning opportunities for Allied Health Profession students within services across designated Welsh regions.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months due to - meet the needs of the service

HEIW is seeking highly motivated, committed, creative individuals, who share an ambition to work collaboratively to help maximise the quality and availability of practice learning opportunities for Allied Health Profession students and continue to drive practice learning excellence across mental health services.
Although this post has been advertised as a fixed term appointment, NHS staff will be offered the appointment as a secondment. If you wish to apply as a secondment opportunity, you must have your line manager's approval. This post may be extended or made permanent at the end of the fixed term/secondment period depending on available funding and business needs.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:
- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
It is essential that your application demonstrates how you meet the job description / person specification for this post.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.