Clinical Placement Quality Team Educator

Working collaboratively with the Associate Chief Nurse for Education and Digital, Deputy Head of Education: Professional Development and Clinical Education & Clinical Placement Quality Lead to ensure all non-medical clinical placement planning reaches the organisational potential. Working with senior clinical staff, other organisations in the health community and placement staff within HEIs, to ensure high quality clinical placements provide learners with the appropriate clinical experiences across the duration of their pre-registration programme. Working in collaboration with the HEI Associate Heads of School for Placement Learning, Academic Practice Development Team Lead and other academic staff/ staff involved in learner placements to ensure that non-medical clinical supervisors and assessors and learners are developed and supported consistent with national guidance, local education quality standards and education contract requirements. To advise, develop and ensure quality of learning
opportunities within a multi-professional framework in order that the service users receive a high standard of care. To ensure practice supervisors and assessors of pre-registration learners abide by NMC/HCPC professionals standards of education and provide assurance that clinical placements across the organisation complies with contractual agreements. To provide practice supervisor and assessor updates and additional support, training and educational opportunities to enhance clinical placement quality. Liaise with People Advisory and Workforce Development teams to ensure all pre-registration learners receive appropriate corporate and local induction. Support recruitment of nursing students to local higher education pre-registration programmes. Act as a communication link between placement providers, HEIs, NHSE and education commissioners. Ensure that the Trust meets all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set by NHSE in respect of the quality of non-medical clinical placements; collate
and report on performance against KPIs. Monitor, audit and evaluate clinical placements to ensure compliance with educational standards. Support supervisors and assessors in practice and liaise with HEIs regarding the management of learners who require support and concerns re clinical placement settings. Manage the organisation's 'live' register of supervisors and assessors and provide monthly data to local placement providers. Monitor the HEIs placement Platform to ensure information is contemporary. Liaise with the HEIs in relation to under-graduate curriculum and skills development identifying those skills and competencies which need to be developed.