Job Summary
Are you passionate about delivering outstanding practice placement experiences for therapy students and supporting the future AHP workforce? Following a successful business case we are delighted to expand our service offering with an exciting opportunity for an experienced, innovative clinician and educator to join our supportive and forward‑thinking Therapy Practice Placement Team. Working alongside a fellow Therapy Practice Placement Manager, you will provide leadership, supervision, teaching and support to learners and educators across therapy professions. While applications are welcomed from all therapy backgrounds, a good understanding and experience of supporting physiotherapy placements would be beneficial.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide compassionate and inclusive leadership to develop and support the delivery of outstanding practice‑based learning experiences for therapy learners across UHB.
- Monitor and audit placement quality against professional and regulatory standards.
- Support, train and advise practice educators and address placement, learner or educator concerns to maintain safe learning environments.
- Contribute to placement capacity through service improvement, collaborative working and the development of innovative placement models, including delivering your own placements.
- Deliver teaching and training programmes, support student assessment processes and act as a key liaison between clinical services and Higher Education Institutions.
- Represent the Trust at local, regional and national forums, contribute to curriculum development and workforce initiatives, and support the implementation of national recommendations relating to clinical education and workforce planning.
- Contribute to line management responsibilities, service development, research activity, quality improvement projects, team leadership and workforce planning.
Qualifications
- BSc or Preregistration MSc in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics, Speech and Language or Podiatry or equivalent.
- HCPC Registration.
- PGCert Clinical Education or equivalent (or prepared to work towards).
Desirable Qualifications
- Leadership training.
- Teaching qualification or prepared to work towards one.
Experience
- Evidence of experience as a registered practitioner at a senior level in relevant clinical speciality.
- Knowledge and understanding of HCPC standards.
- Experience working with and mentoring/assessing students.
- Evidence of developing new initiatives.
- Clear evidence of continuous professional development.
- Broad knowledge and experience of undergraduate healthcare education delivery in the NHS and relationships with HEI providers.
- Understanding of the principles of teaching and learning in a clinical environment, including practice assessment.
- Understanding current national standards.
Desirable Experience
- Knowledge of research methodologies.
- Knowledge of managing/ coordinating clinical placements.
- Knowledge and understanding of undergraduate curriculum for healthcare students.
Additional Criteria – Essential
- Knowledge of research methodologies.
- Knowledge of managing/ coordinating clinical placements.
- Knowledge and understanding of undergraduate curriculum for healthcare students.
- Communicating effectively in complex organisational environments.
- Managing and completing projects.
- Networking and establishing good working relationships.
- Facilitating and supporting others.
- Organising and prioritising workload.
- Experience or willingness to learn IT skills.
- Assessment skills.
- Ability to challenge.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to influence others.
- Ability to work flexibly to support.
- Ability to attend cross site and external meeting sites.
Additional Criteria – Desirable
- Preparing and writing reports.
- Making recommendations based on objective analysis and intellectual inquiry (e.g., audit).
- UK Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy/Dietetic/Speech & Language/Podiatry experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Contact
Michelle Hosking – michelle.hosking@uhb.nhs.uk
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