Practice Education Facilitator in Prestwich

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality multiprofessional learning environments within GMMH and will be required to work locally within services where interprofessional learning opportunities can be promoted. The post holder will be required to support the breadth of the student experience, which may require cross‑boundary working, and contribute to the delivery of the new Quality Assurance Concordat.

Main duties of the job

• 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 education contract.
• Supporting and facilitating the development of clinical practice educators, practice assessors and practice supervisors, providing supervision and support structures in order to build education in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.
• Leading on the structuring and coordination of interprofessional learning activity across service areas.
• Participating in Quality Assurance multiprofessional site visits across the footprint of GMMH.
• Implementing and embedding quality improvements into practice including NHSE Safe Learning Environment Charter and the GM Health Care Learning Environment Strategy.
• Developing, co‑coordinating, evaluating and implementing education programmes with Approved Education partners. For example, contributing to curriculum development, validation and review through the Annual Quality Review of the Education Contracts.
• Providing ongoing support and guidance to educators, practice assessors and practice supervisors and learners in practice areas.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Lead on the structuring, design and delivery of interprofessional learning opportunities in practice for healthcare students and for educators / practice assessors / practice supervisors within own organisation.
• Work in partnership with the AEIs in the planning, delivery and review of development programmes for educators, practice assessors and 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.
• Identify opportunities where multiprofessional practice education and supervision can be facilitated in practice as a foundation for interprofessional learning to take place.
• Produce and maintain a portfolio of education in practice activity within service areas. For example, student assessment and supervision and structured inter‑professional learning activities, teaching packages.
• Lead on the development, implementation and review of education in practice learning environments in line with educational standards, NHSE, NMC and HCPC.
• Prepare and support Practice Education Leads to perform educational audits / self‑assessments and support educators, practice assessors and practice supervisors in the delivery of education action plans.
• Undertake research and development relevant to education in practice and the clinical learning environment.
• Assess and benchmark clinical and other practice educational environments within own organisation and with key external partners.
• Develop and support educators, practice assessors and practice supervisors in decisions relating to the student experience including the achievement of learning outcomes, competence and fitness for practice.
• Identify shortfalls in educators, practice assessors and practice supervisors and facilitate access to student supervision and assessment, updates and training opportunities.
• Provide best practice advice in a clinical setting for educators, practice assessors and practice supervisors and staff in relation to education in practice.
• Identify outcomes of inter‑professional learning experiences in order to facilitate the breadth of the student experience and evaluate the effectiveness of any change.
• Collaborate with the GM Higher / Approved Education Institutions to align new placement opportunities to learning outcomes.
• Contribute to the GM wider engagement framework in the delivery of defined clinical placement initiatives.
• Network locally, regionally and nationally with peer group to support the sharing of best practice.
• Act as an expert resource / champion of Interprofessional Learning in Placement Providers.
• Communicate educational and practice information across placement providers and educational Institutions and undertake presentations relating to education in practice.
• Ensure communication channels are used appropriately to facilitate the flow of information between internal and external partners.
• Share best practice relating to Quality Assurance and Interprofessional Learning across placement providers.
• Produce reports as required by GM group.
• Ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in conjunction with organisational policies.
• Collaborate with key external partners in Higher Education Institutions to ensure academic rigour in practice learning is maintained; learning outcomes can be met and are aligned with Service reconfigurations.
• Participate in multi‑professional quality assurance monitoring of education in practice within own organisation and across organisational boundaries, aligned with the Learning and Development Agreement process, and with Quality Assurance systems in partnership with Education Providers.
• Continuously monitor practice‑learning activities against quality assurance standards enabling ongoing enhancement of the learning experience.
• Deliver key role outcomes as required in the education contract process.
• Develop and maintain up‑to‑date and accurate records of educators, practice assessors and practice supervisors across the practice setting.
• Develop a process to inform and enable ‘shared evidence’ and format to enhance the responsiveness and delivery of a single Quality Assurance process.
• Monitor numbers of failing students, and student complaints to highlight trends and inform action planning.
• Liaise with Information Service departments within Placement Providers, including Library Services, to inform resource requirements and widen access to facilities.

Person specification

• NMC registration RNMH
• Level 7 Module – Education, Coaching and/or Supervision
• Teaching experience
• PEF experience
• Education Standards
• Practice Education
• Application of SSSA standards
• Compassionate Leadership
• PEF experience
• Developing and delivering teaching sessions
• Enhanced support plan formulation and delivery

Important information about working for GMMH

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks. Those required to hold a DBS must subscribe to the DBS Update Service and pay a fee of £16 per year, maintaining registration throughout employment with GMMH.