AHP Community Clinical Skills Educator in Orpington

Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services including community nursing and therapy services for individuals across all age groups. We are part of the community provider unit of NHS Bromley and have long-standing experience serving the Bromley population. As a Social Enterprise, we reinvest surpluses into community initiatives and offer robust training and development opportunities while maintaining NHS-like values.

The Community Clinical Educator leads, develops and supports AHP professionals across physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, speech and language therapy, dietetics and other disciplines. The post provides organisational leadership for AHP education, ensuring high-quality clinical skills training, professional development and pastoral support. The postholder represents AHP education in internal and external forums and coordinates student and work placements, strengthening practice-based learning and the student experience. The role supports the full AHP workforce pipeline from student placements to advanced practice and career development. The postholder also leads Moving and Handling (M&H) education across the organisation, providing strategic oversight and ensuring compliance and quality assurance.

Main duties

• Lead the design, coordination and delivery of AHP education and clinical skills programmes, including simulation, digital and blended learning, skills labs and in-practice teaching.
• Monitor and improve education quality through feedback, audits, incidents and research.
• Support induction, preceptorship and ongoing development for AHPs, providing specialist advice to supervisors and practice educators and delivering train-the-trainer and upskilling sessions.
• Coordinate AHP student and work placements with academic partners, supervisors and service teams.
• Support students and early-career AHPs through coaching and in-practice teaching, ensuring learning environments are safe, welcoming and aligned with workforce needs.
• Act as organisational lead for AHP education in internal and external forums, providing visible leadership and promoting continuous learning.
• Lead Moving and Handling education, ensuring compliance and safe practice.
• Use evaluation and audit to improve education delivery, produce reports for senior leadership and manage allocated funding responsibly.

Working for our organisation

Bromley Healthcare offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing to specialised nursing care and therapy services for all ages. Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point. Benefits include pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, cycle-to-work scheme, staff discounts, and access to the Blue Light Card, with ongoing opportunities to enhance benefits.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

• Lead the development of AHPs to meet organisational priorities, service requirements and individual needs.
• Develop learning programmes in response to training needs in collaboration with the Quality and Operational leads, other Academy team members and Service Leads.
• Develop and facilitate learning programmes using classroom, written guides, online learning, virtual sessions, and innovative methods such as VR and AI.
• Plan and deliver educational programmes within clinical skills, covering Clinical Practice, Education, Leadership and Research.
• Lead and deliver clinical skills induction for newly qualified staff transitioning to the community setting.
• Promote innovative education methods to maximise knowledge dissemination and learning experience.
• Share learning from patient feedback, incidents and investigations to inform safe practice.

Manual Handling Training and Compliance

• Lead the delivery of Moving and Handling training, ensuring it is comprehensive and evidence-based.
• Prepare, deliver and evaluate Manual Handling training with consideration of non-clinical, clinical updates, staff induction and specialist workshops.
• Provide training and ongoing development and train-the-trainer support for Manual Handling link colleagues.

Workforce Development and Student Support

• Provide direct support to staff in the AHP clinical/work-based learning environment.
• Collaborate to increase AHP student placements within the organisation, ensuring a high-quality learning experience.
• Ensure student placements meet quality standards and support audits in partnership with education providers.

Quality, Governance, and Compliance

• Act as an internal consultant on healthcare practice and education and disseminate relevant policy decisions.
• Ensure appraisals and mandatory training compliance are maintained to benchmarked standards.
• Collect, analyse and report data to meet organisational and regulatory requirements.

Strategic Leadership and Partnership Working

• Lead partnership work between practice-based staff and education liaison staff.
• Develop community career pathways for all clinical roles and negotiate with HEIs to optimise student programmes.

Person specification

• Degree-level qualification in an AHP profession (OT, PT, SLT, Dietetics, Podiatry, etc.).
• HCPC Registration (or other relevant professional registration).
• Post-graduate Practice Educator qualification or formal teaching qualification or evidence of formal teaching/training experience.

Experience

• Significant post-registration clinical experience with strong community understanding.
• Experience designing/delivering AHP education and clinical skills programmes.
• Experience supporting students/learners in practice, supervising assessors or placement activity.

Skills

• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to handle sensitive information.
• Proficient in IT and digital tools and able to produce analytical data and reports.
• Excellent teaching/facilitation skills across formats (simulation, online, group, 1:1).

Personal Qualities

• Knowledge of Bromley Healthcare values and evidence of their application in practice.

We encourage vaccination and welcome applicants with a disability, offering reasonable adjustments during the interview process. Flexible working options are available from day one, including remote working, compressed hours, part-time, and job shares. All offers are subject to a six-month probationary period.