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The post holder will be responsible for assisting the Practice Education Facilitators (PEF's) in the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments within University Hospital of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust and will be required to work across the Morecambe Bay footprint, acute and community services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted. This will be achieved through visiting clinical areas where you will support Practice Assessors & Practice Supervisors with the learning needs of students. This vacancy is open to all AHP and NMC registered professionals. Band 6 position, Working under guidance from the PEF Team, the PEF Associate will support to do the following;

• Support practice supervisors/assessors in clinical practice with the learning and development needs for students.
• To offer support & guidance to learners & practice assessors/practice supervisors as issues arise.
• To offer hands on support & guidance regarding HEE/HEI student assessment tools (e.g. PARE online), to learners & practice assessors/practice supervisors.
• To support practice supervisors/practice assessors in situations where learners are not able to meet their competencies; assist practice supervisors/assessors with learners with individual learning plans or failing students in supporting action plans.
• To promote effective communication between academic assessors, module leaders and placement areas.
• To support clinical staff to assess the quality of practice learning environments; ensuring all service areas/placement providers have up to date placement profiles/audits in place to contribute to quality monitoring.
• To support learners to ensure that they are given every opportunity to develop their competence.
• To promote effective communication between learners, clinical staff, HEE & partner universities.
• Identify and highlight any issues or concerns which may impact against national standards such as Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC), Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Health Education England (HEE).
Working for our organisation We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive . The trust operates a No Smoking Policy. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview. We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received. The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts. Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment. We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us at UHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle in to your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding.