We are pleased to announce we will be offering two fully–funded opportunities across the South East which will be full-time over 12 months.
Health Education England and Florence Nightingale Foundation are offering Scholarship and Fellowship opportunities for Nurses, Midwives, and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) wanting to improve practice education across the South East region.
We will be offering fully-funded secondments across the South East in 2021. There will be two types of full-time opportunities, which will be over 12 months.
This bespoke development programme will have a focus on improving and innovating the clinical learning environment. This will involve undertaking a quality improvement project which focuses on, increasing placement capacity whilst maintaining quality, reducing unwarranted variation in learning experiences or workforce transformation which is aimed at improving learning experiences.
The programme will offer participants a secondment over a 12 month period to undertake this project. This will be supported by the following leadership development elements:
The two opportunities are:
Learning Environment Improvement Scholars
HEE in partnership with FNF are looking to recruit 12 Learning Environment Improvement Scholars in 2021 across the South East.
The Scholar role is aimed at Nurses, Midwives, and AHPs looking for a development opportunity at Band 8a. The Learning Environment Improvement Scholarship will suit those with experience of supporting students and/or clinical healthcare educators who are looking for a more strategic role in improving the quality of our learning environments.
HEE in partnership with the FNF, Canterbury Christ Church University, and Council of Deans of Health, are looking to recruit six AHPs Clinical Education Improvement Fellows in 2021 across the South East.
The Fellowship is aimed at AHPs currently working at Band 8a (and above). The AHP Clinical Education Improvement Fellowship will suit AHPs wishing to work across clinical practice and healthcare education, those wishing to develop system-level skills, and those looking for lectureships or clinical academic careers.
A leadership programme to provide nurses, midwives and AHP’s in the South East a an opportunity to benefit from a leadership programme and senior leadership support to develop as leaders to ultimately improve patient and health outcomes and provide quality learning environments.
As part of this opportunity, the Fellows and Scholars will join the Florence Nightingale Leadership Development programme. This programme has been developed with HEE to explore and discover their leadership style and develop the essential skills to be a courageous and confident leader. The Scholars and Fellows will complete this programme and work on a project to drive innovation and quality improvement in the provision of practice placements within their local System.
LEI Scholarship – The Scholarship is aimed at Nurses or Midwives working in clinical education and will be offered at Band 8a. The Learning Environment Improvement Scholarship will suit nurses or midwives looking to influence a strategic and systems based approach to clinical education, and those with aspiration to work in Higher Education or at a National level.
CEI Fellow – The Fellow role is aimed at AHPs currently working and will be offered at Band 8a (and above). The AHP Clinical Education Improvement Fellowship will suit AHPs wishing to work across clinical practice and education, those wishing to develop system-level skills, and those looking for lectureships or clinical academic careers.
Applications open 22nd January and close 28th February 2021.
Key Dates:
Programme Dates:
Nominator form for Chief Nurse
Nominator form for Line Manager
What you will need to demonstrate in your application form and interview:
Upon application, you are required to upload the following information:
Please note before applying: