Allied Health Professions (AHP) Practice Education Team

We work with students and practice educators across NHSGGC, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and NES to support the provision of quality practice-based learning. This ensures we continue to have experienced newly qualified AHPs who can provide high quality care across NHSGGC.  

Further information on local work and resources can be found by accessing the AHP Practice Educators Information page. 

The team also contributes to national work to support AHP practice-based learning.

As a team we are involved in the promotion of career choices and pathways available for AHP professions at all levels of the Career Framework.

The team link with local Workforce Employability Leads to keep up to date and support local workforce development plans/ events and to address any local recruitment challenges.

The NHS Scotland Careers in Healthcare webpage is easily accessible to all and has a number of useful resources including up to date careers opportunities across all professions, careers stories, blogs and information on apprenticeships.

The team also supports AHP return to practice. This includes AHPs who wish to return to practice and join the HCPC register, as well as AHPs willing to support a period of supervised practice for an AHP within NHSGGC. 

NES have launched the AHP Return to Practice web page which provides information, links to resources and access to NHS Board key contacts.

This webpage includes guidance to arranging supervised practice. To compliment this guidance, we have worked with NHSGGC Human Resources (HR)  to provide Supplementary Information on the NHSGGC HR Process and the AHP senior leads to have agreed timescales for organising supervised practice. These documents will guide NHSGGC AHPs supporting supervised practice placements.

The purpose of supervision is to promote wellbeing, support personal and professional development, develop knowledge, skills, and values and to promote competent practice, safe and effective person-centred care (Rothwell et al, 2018). All of these bring benefits to us as individuals, to our teams, organisations and to those who access our services.  

Supervision is for and about you, as a person, a professional and as an employee.

Scotland’s Position Statement on supervision for Allied Health Professions (2018) states that all AHP practitioners, irrespective of their level of practice or experience, should have access to, and be prepared to make constructive use of supervision.

Allied Health Professions (AHP) support and supervision  on TURAS and NHSGGC AHP Supervision Policy and Resources provide further information on AHP support and supervision (including resources to support supervision in practice, and access to learning and training on the subject).

We support local networks to highlight areas of best practice that are in place to support Newly Qualified Practitioners (NQPs).

The team will also be supporting a national scoping exercise looking at the needs of NQPs and those supporting them in their transition into the workforce.

NHS Flying Start Programme

We recognise that the transition from student to Newly Qualified Practitioner (NQP) can be an exciting but often daunting time.  We therefore encourage all NQPs to complete NHS Flying Start, the national development programme designed to support NQPs including, nurses, midwives and AHPs, in their first year of practice. 

The Flying start programme combines individual learning with support in the workplace which helps NQPs develop their confidence and become competent and capable health professionals. 

Further information on the Flying Start programme can be found on the AHP Flying Start NHS® Learning Site on TURAS and on the NHSGGC Flying Start NHS® Portal.

Healthcare Support Workers         

Role development and learning and development for AHP support workers working across all care settings is vitally important. Information and resources are available on Support Worker Central on TURAS.

A survey was carried out in 2023 to establish the learning and development needs of the AHP HCSW workforce across NHSGGC. A report of the findings from this survey has been produced along with a summary SWAY.

Clinical Skills

Defined as “any action by a health or social care professional involved in direct patient care which impacts on clinical outcome in a measurable way” (NHS Education for Scotland, 2008).

We work with AHPs within NHSGGC to develop the use of clinical skills to support learning and high-quality client-centred practice. We also contribute to the national work stream to support and develop clinical skills.

The AHP Education Fund offers all AHP staff the opportunity to apply to receive funding to complete specific modules and courses at different times of the year. As these opportunities arise, they will be advertised here.

The current round of funding includes 3 different opportunities to support AHP staff Learning and Development. Applications open on Tuesday 1st October at 9.00am and close on Monday 4th November at 9.00am. Click below for further information and application packs from 1st October.

Email: ggc.gjnhahpepl@nhs.scot