Practice Education Facilitator

Job overview

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.

• 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 a 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.

• 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…