Advanced Practice Clinical LeadinPeterboroughinPeterboroughPUBLISHED THU 27 FEB 2025

INTERVIEW DATE - 26th March 2025

Are you an Advanced Practitioner looking for a challenge?

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Training Hub are recruiting an

Advanced Practice Clinical Lead (2 days a week) to join our team

We are looking for someone that is passionate about their role, is a confident educator and possesses strong leadership qualities to support the delivery and ongoing development of Advanced Practice Training Programme for Primary Care. This post is a job share

Why work at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Training hub?

Develop your own personal and professional skills

Share knowledge and develop new networks

Make a difference to the quality of learning experiences for Trainee Advanced Practitioners

Be part of a dynamic, creative and supportive team

Base location would be home, with the ability to travel to other sites as required

Key working relationships: Tier 3 AP Educators, APs, Trainee APs and Practice Managers in General Practice. Colleagues in Anglia Ruskin University/Other HEIs. Advanced Practice Leads across the ICB and across the Region, Faculty of Advancing Practice (EOE); the Training Hub team

Purpose of the role

Facilitate a network of support for both Trainee and Qualified Advanced Practitioners

Work collaboratively with local HEIs to ensure effective recruitment of individuals who meet the eligibility criteria for the Advanced Practice Training pathway

Identify and create opportunities to meet the learning and supervision needs of Trainee Advanced Practitioners

Support Educators who are managing Trainees in difficulty and the Trainees respectively

Recruit and train Advanced Practice and GP Educators in collaboration with the GP Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Collect and interpret data to assess the quality of the learning environment

Advise on CPD requirements of the Advanced Practice workforce

Act as a conduit of information between Faculty of Advanced Practice (NHS England) and Trainee and Qualified Advanced Practitioners

Actively participate in regional and national Advanced Practice networks to keep up to date with emerging developments

The post-holder will act as a champion for Advanced Practice, embedding a coordinated and sustainable approach to training and education of the Advanced Practice workforce

About us

1. Job Purpose

The main purpose of this role is to ensure that Trainee Advanced Practitioners (tAPs) have a high-quality learning experience and to support the ongoing development of newly qualified Advanced Practitioners (APs) and experienced Advanced Practice workforce in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough General Practices

The post holder will:

Actively participate in ICB wide and regional Advanced practice networks to keep up to date with emerging developments and the expected levels of practice and academic attainment required for Advanced Practitioners

• Work collaboratively with local HEIs to ensure effective recruitment of individuals who meet the eligibility criteria for an Advanced Practice training pathway and that the courses we fund are accredited
• Work collaboratively with the Training Hub Quality Team and GP Training Programme Directors (TPDs) to train GP and AP Educators
• Facilitate a network of support for both Trainee and Qualified Advanced Practitioners (e.g. Forums)
• Work with the Training Hub team to ensure that the CPD needs of Advanced Practitioners are met through appropriately commissioned courses and programmes of training
• Identify and create opportunities to meet the learning and supervision needs of Trainee Advanced Practitioners (e.g. Masterclass programme)
• Act as a point of contact for Practice Managers, GP Employers, Educators, Training and Qualified Advanced Practices for any practical issues that arise in relation to the training and deployment of Advanced Practitioners
• Contribute to developing and curating the Advanced Practice page on the Training Hub website
• Contribute to collecting and interpreting data to evaluate experience of Trainee and Qualified Advanced Practitioners and those responsible for supervising these clinicians

The job description and person specification are an outline of the activities, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by the Training Hub Manager

2. Relationships

The post holder will be able to:

Establish strong relationships and two-way communication channels with Advanced Practitioners, Trainee Advanced Practitioners, Educators, General Practice employers, the GP Training Programme Leads, the Advanced Practice ICB Leads and the Advancing Practice Faculty Team

Work in collaboration with our partner HEIs to promote and support a high-quality learning environment

Work collaboratively to resolve difficulties experienced by Trainee Advanced Practitioners

Sustain strong professional networks with colleagues in the Training Hub to support learning and development of the Advanced Practice workforce

3. Functional responsibilities

Leadership

Participate in and collaborate with ICB, regional and national Advanced Practice working groups to ensure C&P are contributing to the development of this emerging professional level of Practice and are supporting the evolving strategy both nationally and locally

In collaboration with the local HEIs, the Faculty for Advancing Practice and the General Practice employers maintain a process for recruiting and retaining clinicians of the right calibre to the Advanced Practice Training Programme

Recruit and support the development Tier 3 Advanced Practice Educators and work with the GP Training Programme Leads to ensure a standardised process for assuring that Educators are able to maintain their competence

Proactively identify and share good practice across professional networks

Take responsibility for own development of professional and leadership skills

Support for Advanced Practitioners

Provide peer support opportunities for Trainee and Qualified Advanced Practitioners

Identify and signpost Trainee and Qualified Advanced Practitioners to resources and training that supports them in their role. Where it makes sense, deliver training to support the development of Trainee and Qualified Advanced Practitioners

Act as a point of contact for any practical issues that arise for Trainee Advanced Practitioners

Relevant to all Staff

Act as a role model within the health community demonstrating high standards of practice and a professional attitude always

Maintain confidentiality and manage information sensitivity, acting as role model for colleagues. Comply with the Single Equality Scheme and must not discriminate on the grounds of sex, colour, race, ethnic or national origins, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief

All employees are subject to the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts and must maintain strict confidentiality of information in accordance with their employers policy and, where applicable, with the relevant policy of their professional body. The post holder may access information only on a need to know basis in the direct discharge of duties and divulge information only in the context of calculated Data Protection Guidelines

Note: The job description is not exhaustive and will be subject to reasonable changes in the light of organisational, professional, and other changes that may occur in the NHS, both locally and nationally