Barts Health AHP Preceptorship Programme

All AHPs (Allied Health Professionals) who are newly qualified (less than 1 year experience as a registered practitioner), or international recruits new to the NHS, or those returning to practice.
ODPs, Physiotherapists, Dieticians, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Diagnostic & Therapeutic Radiographers, Orthoptists and Podiatrists.

• To support the development of a competent and confident registered practitioner who can excel in terms of delivering excellent patient care, delivering the Bart’s health values, and integrating up to date evidence based practice and safe quality care.

Knowledge On completion of this module successful participants will be able to:

a. Assess and utilise good quality evidence and up to date knowledge to plan, deliver and evaluate the impact of care safely and compassionately.

b. Use critical reflection in clinical practice and justify how this enhances patient care. 

Skills: This module will require for the successful participant/s to demonstrate:

a. The ability to competently deliver specific clinical core skills enabling delivery of safe, quality, evidence based and compassionate care.

b. High quality care which is person centred, evidence based and delivered based on clinical judgements and decisions agreed in partnership with others involved in the care process including service users.

c. The selection of appropriate and relevant skills in order to communicate findings, influence change and promote physical and mental health and wellbeing, and best practice.

d. The ability to select and utilise the appropriate and relevant knowledge, skills and understanding required to recognise when the complexity of clinical decisions require specialist knowledge and expertise, and consult or refer accordingly.

On starting work, newly registered AHPs (Allied Health Professions), from all professional backgrounds can often feel overwhelmed with the reality of clinical practice. There is much evidence nationally and internationally, that newly qualified health care professionals do not always feel supported in their transition period from student to registered practitioner.

This programme aims to address these issues by providing a structured framework of support and education, tailored specifically for AHPs.

The educational components of the programme will support the development of a flexible, competent and confident practitioner, that excels in delivering high quality compassionate care. The programme will be co-ordinated centrally through the Education Academy. The programme is constructed of 9 monthly Core Preceptorship skills and values workshops. Those that attend the programme will also be supported by a Preceptor in their workplace (through 1 to 1 meetings) and by the Preceptorship team throughout the 9 month programme.

Matthew White, Hafsoa Begum, Soniya Thomas, Anna Marie Dormile

Pre-coursework/e-learning will be sent before commencement date

The programme is delivered using a blended learning approach and some programme components are achieved through eLearning while others through attending virtual or face to face workshops.