AHP Student Educator - Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Occupational Therapist to join our team as a part-time AHP Student Educator on a fixed-term/ secondment basis. This is an excellent opportunity for an OT with a passion for education, to broaden their professional portfolio build educational leadership capability, and play a key role in developing high-quality practice learning for the future OT workforce within mental health services.

The post holder will work closely with the Senior Learning Experience & Environment Educator and Senior Student Educators to support the coordination, delivery, and evaluation of student support and practice education programmes. The role offers the opportunity to influence placement quality, increasing professional visibility and contributing to consistent, highquality learning experiences for AHP students in Mental Health settings.

This varied and rewarding role requires flexibility to support Mental health AHP placements across Trust sites, while offering opportunities to develop skills in facilitation, reflective practice, and quality improvement. The post holder will promote Occupational Therapy and HCPC standards, contributing to high quality practice learning environments by strengthening mental health learning cultures and supporting supervisors to build confidence and clinical competence when working with students.

Main duties of the job

Provide high quality evidence-based practice education and training sessions across HIOWH, and supporting all learners in clinical practice.

Work closely with the Senior Learning Experience & Environment Educator and Senior Student Educators to identify clinical areas that require support.

Work with clinical teams to support them in creating a positive learning environment by working closely with Supervisors, Preceptors, Practice Teachers and Learners within clinical settings.

Support the Clinical Education and Development Team with regards to identifying further learning needs in practice and meeting Organisational objectives

Identify appropriate placement opportunities for all students, apprentices and record and monitor

To continue to identify areas of growth within clinical settings to support learners

Support clinical staff and learners in the completion of practice assessments of students in practice as appropriate

Act as a positive professional role model in promoting clinical excellence and offer expert professional development advice (within scope of practice) ensuring that high levels of clinical excellence and attitude are maintained and promoted at all times

Supporting the Clinical Education and Development Team with compiling information and be an active part of internal and external audit processes i.e. Care Quality Commission (CQC) and at strategic / board level.

Job responsibilities

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence