# AHP Learning Excellence Fellow > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ahp-learning-excellence-fellow/d1fdad00-5729-41ba-aed8-3ce883003934 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ahp-learning-excellence-fellow/d1fdad00-5729-41ba-aed8-3ce883003934.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Contract type:** 7 months (This role will be offered as Fixed Term / Secondment to be completed by End of March 27 due to funding stipulations .) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 18.75 hours per week (Exact working pattern TBC following discussion with all relevant parties. Preferable pattern across Mon, Tues & Wed. To be completed by End March 27 due to funding stipulations.) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T08:33:50.028Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Lewisham_Greenwich_NHS_Trust/Allied_Health_professional/Allied_Health_professional-v7977751 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7977751?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking  a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual, with excellent planning and organisational skills to assist and support the work of the Trust’s AHP Workforce and Education Development Team. This AHP Learning Excellence Fellow role will offer the opportunity to facilitate a project focusing on further enhancing and optimising  AHP learner experience,  alongside contributing to other key areas of work to support AHP workforce and education development. This part-time role  will allow the successful postholder to develop project management skills, stakeholder engagement skills and delivery of project outputs over a fixed-term / seconded period, to be completed by end of March 2027 due to funding stipulations. The role will be based at University Hospital, Lewisham but with requirements to work across sites, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and in the community, when appropriate. The successful post-holder will  be a registered AHP who is keen to develop their knowledge by working collaboratively with AHPs, AHP support workers and pre-registration learners across a range of Allied Health professions. Working within a supportive team, they will be provided with regular supervision to continue their own learning and development. ### Main duties of the job The expectation of the postholder is to facilitate a short-term, sustainable project which will develop, manage and implement  initiatives to enhance the learning environment for AHP learners, both pre-registration and post-registration. The postholder will review current provision against the Safe Learning Environment Charter, AHP Educator Framework and other relevant guidance. The postholder will: - Be responsible for designated areas within work-streams and work to develop the projects within the AHP Workforce and Education Development Programme with support and guidance from the department leads. - Undertake a gap analysis of current provision - Deliver regular reports / updates on project progress against specified objectives - Provide practical support in terms of project management and documentation to teams to develop relevant initiatives - Employ a range of communication  skills  to impart complex information to a range of stakeholder (internal and external) - Deploy communication strategies appropriate to the level and complexity of change within projects - Ensure current theory and best practice is built into change management approaches - Deliver relevant training in collaboration with team colleagues This is a new role and would be of interest to an AHP who is organised, flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of different AHP services, and can communicate professionally and effectively with a range of stakeholders. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This job role requires a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual, with excellent planning and organisational skills to assist and support the work of Trust’s AHP Workforce and Education Development Team, by providing comprehensive development of a Safer Learning Environment for all AHPs, utilising direction and guidance from the national ‘Safer Learning Environment Charter’ - SLEC framework. There will be a specific focus on the pre-registration learning environment, but naturally there will be cross over into other areas of building an inclusive, welcoming and empowering learning environment so that all colleagues can continue providing exceptional patient care. The post holder will be required to develop, manage and implement initiatives from the Safer Learning Environment framework set out by NHS England and other guidance documents. There will be a mix of areas to deliver on around ensuring learning provision excellence, including scoping current demands, mapping against set standards and principles, performing a gap analysis and influencing positive practice to ensure all learners, with a particular focus on those undertaking pre-registration programmes, receive an optimal experience. This will include upskilling educators in line with the national educator framework, raising awareness of the SLEC through producing and disseminating appropriate marketing materials to build tangible outputs, to ensure a network of Safer Learning Environment Practitioners are established and to improve the governance around student learning while always working in close partnership with colleagues across the Trust. The role will involve effective project management, including project plans, development of reports and business cases and support the AHP Workforce and Education Lead and AHP Practice Development Lead with other key areas of work related to developing AHPs at LGT. The post-holder will also be asked to assist with specific tasks within the rest of the AHP Workforce and Education development programme and working group meetings. The post-holder will: - Be responsible for designated areas within work-streams and work to develop the projects within the AHP Workforce and Education Development Programme with support and guidance from the department leads. - The Post Holder will have a main focus on the Safer Learning Environment Programme - Provide practical support in terms of project management and documentation to teams to develop initiatives - Promote a positive image of improvement and its benefits to patients and staff - This is a dynamic role that requires flexibility and decision making with the support and guidance of the Workforce, Education and Professional teams Please see full Job description for additional information. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Proven ability to communicate complex issues. - Ability to work effectively and independently without direct supervision - Practice Educator - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Working with a variety of colleagues – clinical and non clinical across AHPs and settings - Ability to lead the development, implementation and delivery of systematic projects. Excellent leadership, influencing and motivational skills - Proven ability to think strategically - Demonstrate the ability to prioritise workload - Understanding of confidentiality and data protection - Significant interpersonal skills. - Excellent IT skills and proficiency in the use of Microsoft 365 - Excellent leadership, influencing and motivational skills - Negotiating and persuasive skills - Good presentation skills - Experience educating, teaching, training and supporting students and others **Desirable** - Previous experience of working on development/education programmes - Experience of working with and across multiple professions ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to degree level or equivalent in AHP speciality - Registered with HCPC - Masters level study appropriate to workstreams **Desirable** - Project Management study / Experience ### Practical / Intellectual skills **Essential** - Ability to pay attention to detail - Ability to present information in a concise manner - Methodical and organised approach to work with the ability to work under pressure ### Special knowledge and expertise **Essential** - Understanding of confidentiality and data protection - Demonstrate the ability to prioritise workload - Demonstrate working on own initiative - Ability to work within established procedures and timescale - Knowledge of current NHS Landscape , policies, procedures and frameworks that are relevant to role such as Safer Learning Environment Charter **Desirable** - Previous engagement with NHSE, HEIs and other departments related to education, training and development ### Disposition, adjustment, Attitude & Commitment **Essential** - Ability to adopt a flexible approach to work - Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal - Ability to work as part of a team - Ability to deal effectively and appropriately with people at all levels - Have a keen desire to lead improvement within the AHPs ## Documents - [working at lgt (pdf, 4.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2533) - [candidates guidance on applying (pdf, 175.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2964) - [candidate guidance on the use of ai (pdf, 3.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2978) - [ahp learning excellence fellow job description (pdf, 999.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10262549) - [draft ahp learning excellence fellow job description (pdf, 999.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10262551) - [ahp learning excellence fellow - personal specification (pdf, 228.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10262550) - [visa and certificate of sponsorship information for applicants (pdf, 3.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2936) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.