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Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

About
We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.
Contact
- Address
- Swandean
- Arundel Road
- Worthing
- West Sussex
- BN13 3EP
- Contact Number
- 01903 843000
AHP Education Lead
Accepting applications until: 02-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 02-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Portland House
- Tref
- Worthing
- Cod post
- BN11 1HS
- Major / Minor Region
- West Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 months (3 months to be reviewed at end of FTC)
- Oriau
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Cyflog
- £55,690 - £62,682 pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Mental Health
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Are you passionate about shaping the future AHP workforce and leading high-quality student education across mental health services?
We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Education team as a Band 8a AHP Professional Lead for Education, on a 3-month Fixed Term Contract.
This pivotal role offers the chance to lead the strategic development and coordination of Allied Health Professional (AHP) student placements and apprenticeships, working closely with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Integrated Care Systems (ICS), and internal professional leaders.
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Provide professional leadership and operational management of the AHP Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) team, ensuring effective supervision, coordination, and delivery of high-quality placement support services in line with national, professional, and local standards.
Lead the development and maintenance of governance structures that support high-quality student placements, ensuring robust AHP contribution to the wider education and training agenda across the organisation and system.
Implement and support professional and directorate-level strategies relating to AHP student placements and apprenticeships, acting as a senior member of the AHP professional leadership team.
Develop and lead strategic initiatives to expand, improve and diversify student placement capacity, providing expert advice and guidance to support innovative placement models and increased workforce pipeline readiness.
Lead on the development of AHP apprenticeship opportunities, offering expert input into the design and delivery of apprenticeship models to ensure alignment with workforce needs and service priorities.
Communicate and collaborate effectively across professions, systems, and external partners, including Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Integrated Care Systems (ICS), and internal stakeholders, to influence service development and address issues related to AHP placements and apprenticeships.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Join Sussex Partnership and you'll be part of an NHS trust that allows you to thrive and, in turn, thrives because of you. We believe in the vibrancy of our fantastic people. And how that leads to even better support for the people who use our services.
When you join us, you'll be able to take advantage of our wide range of rewards and benefits. Here are some of the perks that make working at Sussex Partnership a great choice.
Flexible working
Generous pension and holiday entitlement
Training and development
Discounts and savings
Staff networks
Staff wellbeing
Free parking
At Sussex Partnership we put people first - whether you are someone who uses our services, works with us or works here.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
· To lead and manage the PEF team to increase the numbers and quality of AHP placements towards achieving systematic and Trust placement capacity targets
· To be responsible for linking with our partner universities and practice areas to develop practice standards. This will entail acting as a liaison between link lecturers, HEIs, team mangers, educators and students on placement
· To work with managers, educators, HEIs and, where required, Director of AHP to enable the resolution of student practice issues; which will involve finding resolutions to highly complex and sensitive situations.
· To be responsible for the development of robust practice placement evaluation mechanisms with our partner universities as well as supporting the roll out of evaluation and feeding back the data to the AHP leadership and AHP workforce boards.
· To work with the trust apprenticeship lead and AHP Training lead to increase knowledge of pathways to and uptake of apprenticeships.
· To work with the AHP professional lead for training and the trust preceptorship leads to ensure effective preceptorship arrangements and pre-preceptorship arrangements are available, monitored and reviewed.
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Essential
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
- Evidence of master level post qualification study
- Registration with the HPC as an occupational therapist
- Practice Education Training
- Management/Leadership Training
- Extensive experience as a qualified occupational therapist in mental health
- Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
- Experience of both group and individual work
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Experience as a Care Coordinator
- Experience in a clinical area related to the post
- Experience of multi-agency work
- Leadership experience
- Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of occupational therapy clinical approaches used in mental health
- Research experience
- Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists
- Expert knowledge of Occupational Therapy interventions
- Able to communication complex condition related information to service users, carers and colleagues
- Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices including policies and strategies
- Develops, sustains and evaluates partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies.
- Delegate work to others
- Ability to act as lead specialist occupational therapist for the clinical area, provide a high level of specialist advice in complex situations
- Ability to coordinate occupational therapy activity across the area in collaboration with operational managers
- Demonstrate track record of writing and delivering key strategies
- Ability to set up and maintain clinical and professional supervision system for junior staff, including appraisal, allocation of work, and appointment.
- Management of delegated budget when appropriate
- Ability to use Trust IT systems including e-mail and electronic clinical records
- Ability to participate in training in de-escalation techniques and breakaway Ability to be able to deal with conflicting demands
- Ability to be able to concentrate on complex client assessment and intervention
- Ability to be able to deal with conflicting demands
- Ability to deal with distressing or emotional circumstances due to complex nature of work with service users
- Ability to carry out investigations into untoward incidents.
- Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Care Group and those of the Trust
- Flexible approach – willing to work as part of a team and assist colleagues
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
- Commitment to providing a quality service within a team
- Ability to travel across sites
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
Meini prawf dymunol
- Lived experience of mental health issues
- Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Lucy Locks
- Teitl y swydd
- Director of Allied Health Professions
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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