Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Education Lead

Job responsibilities

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical

You remain under the regulation of your professional body and must continue to comply with the relevant standards of proficiency; recognise and work within own competence and in accordance with the professional Code of Conduct of your original registered profession.

Maintain clinical competence through continued practice within general practice.

Education and Training

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the UK healthcare education and training system and of the legislative and administrative issues around education and training of the healthcare workforce.

Have knowledge of the structure and organisation of healthcare education and training, the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and the mechanics for workforce planning.

Work with fellow WY PCWTH clinical and nurse leads to support and evaluate all schemes.

Promote workforce development with a specific focus on enhancing the recruitment of new, and the retention of current staff.

Communicate with individual practices & Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to provide support and promote the educational and training offers available to them.

Support the development and implementation of training programmes and schemes, including delivery of competency assessments and practice observation.

Facilitate induction and orientation for training programmes, and preceptorship programmes for nursing and other relevant roles, including the non-registered healthcare staff working within General Practice and PCNs.

Responsible for the development and maintenance of a repository of learning materials and resources tailored to the training needs of clinical staff in Primary Care.

Provide constructive feedback and assessments in line with programme frameworks and standards.

Deliver clinical supervision and training to learners, including online virtual teaching and live clinical settings.

Engage with universities and other training organisations to foster educational collaboration and growth.

Research

Proactively lead, participate in, or facilitate research projects as required by the WY PCWTH.

Promote evidence-based practice through dissemination of best practice research findings and engagement with quality improvement projects.

Leadership

Develop the relationship and engagement with local and regional teams to support the quality of the primary care workforce and workforce planning.

Act as an ambassador for education and workforce development within WY and across the wider Yorkshire & Humber and national systems.

Lead and promote the NHSE Advancing Practice agenda locally.

Drive the integration and sustainability of advanced practice roles in primary care.

Oversight of the ACP scheme locally, keeping up to date with developments in the Faculty of Advancing Practice, general practices, HEIs and regional programme leads.

Advisory as needed for employment confirmation for e-portfolio route advanced practice applications.

Professional Support and Supervision

Demonstrate a strong commitment to making general practice the best place to work and train.

Act as a clinical role model, demonstrating clinical leadership through high standards of practice and professional behaviour.

Provide mentorship and pastoral support to trainees and learners to enhance clinical confidence and competence.

Collaborate with placement areas to support the quality of the learning environment and to identify learning opportunities.

Quality and Governance

Support quality assurance processes related to training, including evaluation, audits, and data collection.

Maintain accurate and up-to-date training records, competency logs and learner feedback.

Escalate concerns related to clinical practice or learner performance in line with organisational policies.

Work together with the WY PCWTH team to ensure delivery against key performance indicators.

Communication and Collaboration

Liaise effectively with practice educators, clinical leads, higher education institutions, and professional bodies to ensure consistent support and alignment for learners and enable the development of safe and effective interprofessional clinical learning environments.

Foster strong working relationships within the PCWTH team, encouraging open communication, shared goals, and collaborative problem-solving to enhance programme delivery.

Contribute actively to regular training programme reviews, learner experience meetings, and team discussions, sharing insights and best practices.

Promote a culture of continuous learning, mutual support, and professional development across all clinical and educational teams

Attend relevant workforce meetings as planned by the Programme Deliver Manager and Engagement Manager.

Confidentiality

Employees entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their employment and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, TPC staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to TPC as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of collaborating organisations may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with TPCs policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in TPCs health & safety policy, health & safety manual, and infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Ensure they adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety.

• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines.
• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to TPC guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way free from hazards, and initiation of remedial/corrective action where needed.
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.
• Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the organisation.
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually).
• Routine management of own team/team areas, and maintenance of workspace standards.
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Equality & Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with TPC procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities, and rights.

Personal/Professional Development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by TPC as part of this employment, such training, and responsibilities to include:

To be responsible for the self-development of skills and competencies through participation in training and development activities and maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post.

To undertake any identified training and development related to the post and undertake statutory and mandatory training as deemed appropriate by TPC.

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of NHS education frameworks and NMC standards.
• Knowledge of primary care workforce structures and roles.
• Persuasive understanding of preceptorship, clinical assessment and supervision principles.
• Understanding of advanced practice frameworks and national directives.
• Knowledge of regulatory and professional requirements.

Desirable

• Familiarity with
• e-learning and simulation tools.
• Knowledge of funding models for training.
• Understanding of regional workforce strategies.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience.
• Significant experience working in general practice/primary care.
• Experience in delivering clinical education, training or workforce development.
• Experience of supporting learners in clinical practice.
• Experience of staff development.
• Ability to assess clinical competence and give constructive feedback.

Desirable

• Experience of quality assurance of training.
• Experience in research, audit and quality improvement activity.
• Organisational skills to manage multiple learners and priorities.
• System-level workforce planning experience.
• Experience working with HEIs or training bodies

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including negotiation and influencing abilities.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a politically sensitive complex system.

Desirable

• Ability to produce high-quality reports and publications
• Skilled facilitation of large group teaching sessions.
• IT skills to support learning platforms and record keeping.
• Digital learning or simulation teaching capability.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Professional, credible and resilient.
• Approachable and supportive.
• Adaptable, organised and solution focused.
• Passionate about high standards of clinical practice and education.
• Committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Desirable

• Ability to innovate and drive new educational approaches.
• Flexible and adaptable to evolving training demands.
• Evidence of leadership across organisation boundaries.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential

• This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The post-holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude towards the duties outlined which may be subject to amendment at any time in line with the needs of the organisation.
• The post holder may be required to fulfil other duties, as agreed with the Chief Operating Officer, to meet the needs of the organisation. This may involve travel to other sites across West Yorkshire.
• The post holder will need to be present in the office on working days to ensure adequate support from managers and to the rest of the team.
• The post holder must be willing to undergo further education and development related to the role if needed.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC).
• Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Possession of (or working towards) a Post Graduate Certificate or Masters in clinical teaching or education recordable with the NMC.
• Quality evidence of on-going continuing professional development.

Desirable

• Have creative ideas and concepts of training and education and the capability to devise and execute them.
• Awareness of contemporary strategic policies within the NHS.
• Demonstrable understanding of the NHS framework, including its structures and processes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).