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What are placements?
Primary Care Academy find suitable placement opportunities for students who want to gain experience in or are seeking a career in primary and community care.
Placements form a valuable part of their learning experience. It enables students to gain real-life skills and knowledge that will support their course objectives and career development.
Placements vary in length depending on individual course requirements.
HMRPCA works in partnership with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the region and Greater Manchester Training Hub to support student placements across a range of courses. As well as looking at innovative ways to promote primary care as a career destination
What are place-based tariffs/placement tariffs?
Some student placements that are hosted by a GP Practice, or other community-based organisation, comes with a placement tariff. The hosting organisation is known as the placement provider.
The tariff is a payment of money that is paid to the placement provider. It is set by NHSE to acknowledge the staff time taken to supervise and train the student. Currently this can take over 12 months to be paid to placement providers.
Become a learning environment?
HMRPCA would like to encourage all GP Practices and social care homes in Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale to consider offering a student placement. We feel the local areas offer excellent examples of primary and community care provision.
Offering a placement encourages students to remain in the county after graduation. This in turn supports local workforce planning.
If you are interested in becoming a placement provider, please:
A member of the HMRPCA Team will get in contact with you regarding the next steps.
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Become a Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor?
HMRPCA would like to encourage all GP Practices in Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale to consider offering a student placement. We feel the local areas offer excellent examples of primary and community care provision.
Offering a placement encourages students to remain in the county after graduation. This in turn supports local workforce planning.
If you are interested in becoming a placement provider, please:
A member of the HMRPCA Team will get in contact with you regarding the next steps.
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Become a GP trainer
If you are a GP and interested in becoming a trainer please visit the:
3-Step GP Trainer Journey | Health Education North West
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Become a NMC Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor
In 2018 the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) introduced new Standards for Student Supervision & Assessment (SSSA) which includes the requirement that all NMC registrants should be ‘suitably prepared to undertake the role of student supervision and assessment as part of the nursing role.
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Become a wider workforce supervisor
If you are a GP or working at Advanced practitioner level, you can attend the Wider Workforce Supervisor course to be able to supervise the wider workforce in primary care. This is currently run Via GM training hub Wider Workforce Clinical Supervisor’s Course and Foundation Doctor’s Supervision – Greater Manchester Training Hub
These are the current student placement opportunities:
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Occupational Therapy
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Physiotherapy
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Counselling
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Nurses
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Paramedics
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Physician Associates
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Some T level placements
Let's Work Together
HMRPCA works in partnership with our local Partners including Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Greater Manchester Training Hub across the region to support student placements across a range of courses.