Advanced Practice Training Programme Director inFlexible across the North East and Yorkshire Region inFlexible across the North East and Yorkshire Region PUBLISHED 28 OCT 2024

An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen within theNorth East and Yorkshire's Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice to recruit Advanced Practice Training Programme Directors (TPDs) to support ourprogramme of work.

The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has a key focus on multi-professional advanced practice; developing and expanding the healthcare workforce toexpedite access to care and improve outcomes and experiences for patients, and their carers and families.

The Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice is looking for experienced advanced or consultant practitioners who understand the advanced practice framework and can support all aspects of training, supervision and workforce need for Advanced Practitioners.

There are a number of secondments available for an 18-month period. Secondments would range from a 1 to 2-day commitment per week, and these are broadly aligned to following clinical backgrounds:

• Cancer and Diagnostics

• Primary Care

• Mental Health

• Learning Difficulties and Autism

• Maternity

• Ophthalmology

The Faculty reserves the right to amend the specialty areas listed above to comprehensively cover the advanced practice requirements across theregion. Successful applicants will be required to work flexibility utilising their transferable skills in addition to specialist knowledge to contribute to the wider agenda and workas priorities and needs arise.

Working with and reporting to the Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice, the Advanced Practice TPD(s) will work in all aspects of advanced practice training but will focus upon improvement of learner supervision, assessment and experience, engagement of faculty and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future.

Key duties also include:

• Providing advanced practice leadership and expertise at a regional level

• Contributing to the strategic and operational development of the Regional Faculty for Advanced Practice

• Contributing to proactively managing the key risks and issues associated with the regional delivery plan

• Working in partnership with others

• Developing the relationship and engagement strategy to facilitate local health and social care systems including ICBs to recognise the importance of advanced practice in service transformation

• Working to identify current and future advanced practitioner demand and supply and optimise workforce

• Providing support and advice to stakeholders on the development of the existing and future workforce and the delivery of the transformation plan outcomes

• Creating and deliver a wide range of reports

About us

Working with and reporting to the Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice, the Advanced Practice TPD(s) will work in all aspects of advanced practice training.

They will liaise with Universities, Trusts, Supervisors and Trainees to support a safe learning environment that creates the best experience for everyone involved.

They will be instrumental in improving standards of supervision for advanced practice trainees and escalate a support plan to trainees who require remediation.

They will oversee advanced practice programme management and advise the Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice on the following matters:

• Advanced practice specialty-specific matters happening regionally and nationally.

• Support recruitment to advanced practice training posts and programmes and manage trainee/trainer concerns.

• Use educational resources to support learners within programmes to fulfil their full potential.

• Advanced Practice programme management, including progression, support and remediation, trainee management, careers support and less than full-time training.

They will work closely with the Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice to support implementation of the NHSE Quality Framework:

• To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.

They will advise the Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice on educational and workforce development elements, including:

• Support effective ICB / organisational workforce planning that includes advanced practitioners across all healthcare settings and professions. Increase systems knowledge and understanding of the impact advanced practitioner roles can have on service delivery, service transformation, improved patient care, continuity of care and increase clinical decision making within the multi-disciplinary team.

• To support the educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.

• To promote shared learning opportunities to increase effective inter-professional working across the region.

• To support development of education where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies, engaging with trusts as required.

This is an evolving role that allows the successful candidate to shape their role within the regional Faculty objectives, to be innovative and to have a positive effect upon future advanced practice learners within the region.

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.