BAPO’s Professional Affairs Committee have prepared a resource to direct all BAPO members towards MHRA medical device legislation and guidance relevant in a P&O contex
This can be found in the Proffesional Affairs resources tab or downloadable below
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CAHPR Bursary Scheme
The CAHPR conference bursary scheme for 2019 is now open to support students and early career researchers throughout the UK in presenting their research at conferences. The scheme will provide funding to attend conferences using the model set up by the London hub last year, but is open UK-wide.
The bursary scheme is competitive and is primarily aimed at supporting student and early career researchers, who have abstracts accepted for poster or platform presentations at conferences.
AHP applicants may request £500 to support attendance at an international conference or £250 for a national conference. Awards will be made on a competitive basis and will be reviewed by volunteers from the hubs.
Deadline 14 August 2019. Further details via the link below. Please do circulate to your contacts.
Information is available on the CAHPR website at: https://cahpr.csp.org.uk/content/cahpr-conference-bursary-2019
One Year On – The SIHED programme and I See The Difference campaign
The SIHED (Strategic Interventions in Health Education Disciplines) programme is a £3m, three-year initiative to help build the sustainability of the allied health professions (AHPs). A big part of the programme, the I See the Difference campaign, has been developed to include lots of helpful information about AHPs on the website, currently alongside social media channels such as @icthedifference Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The digital campaign is also backed up by a large amount of outreach activities at schools and careers events across England.
More programme updates include:
- The Challenge Fund – In year one, six higher education projects were funded which focus on supporting the recruitment and retention of existing and new students of podiatry and therapeutic radiography. Find out more about the providers and projects here. As we begin year two, we have launched a second challenge fund with a wider remit and a budget of £400,000. Successful bid winners will be announced in the coming months.
- The British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS) are working on a project to facilitate work shadowing opportunities in orthoptics.
- A funded fixed-term role to increase capacity for prosthetics and orthotics work placements, allowing more students to study the subject.
- Two research projects. The first report looked into the barriers to mature student engagementin healthcare, and how to address them. See report here
- We are currently working with another research company who are completing a study of male participation in nursing and allied health (NMAH). The report will seek to understand current differences in male participation to different NMAH disciplines to help understand and overcome barriers.
Some of our achievements in Year One of the campaign and programme include:
- More than 11,000 people visited the campaign website, 90% were new users. This equated to 19,637 page views
- A direct email campaign to 2500 secondary schools was undertaken, with 772 emails opened, equated to an open rate of 30.9%
- Attending more than 100 events including presentations to schools and smaller career fairs. Reaching 1700 students, families, teachers and careers advisors at large scale events and receiving 236 requests for school outreach at these events.
Also, visit the I See The Difference website for more information about the campaign.
Get in touch with the team, info@iseethedifference.co.uk, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
HCPC Visitor
We are seeking Prosthetists/Orthotists to undertake the role of Visitor.
What do Visitors do?
Tracey Samuel-Smith, HCPC Education Manager explains ‘Visitors are responsible for visiting and assessing existing and proposed education and training programmes delivered by education providers.
Visitors make a real difference to the work we do. There is the opportunity to get involved and help to safeguard people using our registrant’s services by ensuring education and training programmes meet our standards. Visitors also provide recommendations to the HCPC’s Education and Training Committee regarding the approval of programmes.’
Visitors must be current registrants and should have an understanding of Quality Assurance in Higher/Further Education or a clinical environment, as well as teaching, learning and assessment in an educational or clinical environment. We in particular invite those who are currently experienced in supervising students in their current workplace to apply for this role.
We pay a rate of £202 per day and £81 for a review. Any travel and accommodation expenses are paid in accordance with the HCPC Expenses Policy.
We expect visitors to commit to around 5 days per year. The length and notice for providing services are variable and can fit most diary commitments and working patterns.
If you are successful, you will be required to attend mandatory training prior to commencing your role.
The HCPC is committed to equality of opportunity and actively guards against unfair discrimination on any grounds (including sexual orientation, religion or beliefs, race, sex, age, gender reassignment, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity or disability).
Closing date for applications: 05 June at 10am
Tentative interview dates: 15 and 16 July, and w/c 22 July
Compulsory training day:: 28 and 29 November 2019
AHP Public Health Strategy
Today marks the publication of two new strategy documents for AHPs.
The first is a Public Health Impact Report, this report is a joint publication by Public Health England and the AHP Federation. It is available on the AHPF web site: http://www.ahpf.org.uk/Publications_and_Speeches.htm or downloadable below:
The second is the strategic Framework which goes with this document and is downloadable here:
NICE Opportunity
NICE are recruiting for members to join the Osteoarthritis update guideline committee. All the information about the role including how to apply can be found at the link below:
The following roles are being advertised:
- a GP
- a consultant rheumatologist
- 2 physiotherapists
- an orthopaedic surgeon
- an occupational therapist
- a geriatrician/general physician with an interest in osteoarthritis
- a musculoskeletal service commissioner
- a clinical pharmacist
- an orthotist or podiatrist
Please note the closing date for applications is 31st May 5pm.
Doctoral School Opportunities
Up to 10 fully funded, four-year PhD studentships are available in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics and Orthotics, commencing in October 2019. The CDT in Prosthetics and Orthotics will build a world leading engineering and physical science workforce to help ensure that “no one is left behind”.
The CDT provides training that supports exciting careers in a global healthcare industry that meets the needs of diverse user groups and stakeholders. The CDT combines expertise from the University of Salford, Imperial College London, University of Strathclyde and the University of Southampton, with more than 25 industry partners and national facilities. Our industry partners estimate a demand for our graduates is measured in the hundreds.
Key elements of the EPSRC CDT in Prosthetics & Orthotics include:
• Ambitious PhD projects that blend high quality training with practical experiences that enhance employability.
• Training in research skills relevant to prosthetics, orthotics and the wider healthcare technology industry.
• Integrated training in engineering, physical, medical and clinical sciences, as well as business, entrepreneurial and other professional skills.
• Opportunities to work on research projects directly with industry and users, and understand the journey from user need to product or service implementation. Interested? For more information of this exciting opportunity please visit https://www.salford.ac.uk/research/doctoral-training-in-prosthetics-and-orthotic/home or email CDT@Salford.ac.uk. Applications close at 4pm 20th May 2019.
CAPHR / Research
CAPHR helps promote research at all levels and is currently advertising two schemes which may be useful for new professors or post-doctoral researchers.
Academy of Medical Science Professorship Scheme.
The Academy of Medical Sciences is delighted to announce the inaugural call for applications to its Professorship Scheme. Working in partnership with UK Higher Education Institutions, we will be providing an attractive package of support to biomedical and healthcare researchers taking up their first full Professorship. Deadline 17 May 2019.
NIHR Advanced Fellowship
The Advanced Fellowship is for those at a post-doctoral level and aimed at several specific points of a researcher’s career development. The fellowship is between 2 and 5 years and can be completed on full-time or part-time basis. Between 50% and 100% whole time equivalent (WTE).
Advanced Fellowships will be available with a ‘clinical academic’ option whereby clinical applicants will have the option to request up to 40% of their time be dedicated to clinical service/development which would be covered by the Fellowship. Deadline 4 June 2019.
Anti-Bullying
BAPO is proud to be a part of a new anti-bullying alliance, supporting and sharing ideas and promoting resources and support systems
Bulling has no place in healthcare or the NHS, and it negatively effects staff, services and patients. BAPO are strongly committed to supporting our P&O professionals alongside the wider healthcare environment to erradicate bullying
For more information and resources see the Anti-Bulling document below
A Digital Framework for Allied Health Professionals
“This year we have seen the NHS long term plan explicitly identify that digitally enabled care will go mainstream across the NHS to improve population health and support healthcare professionals. This is supported by the recently published Topol review recommendations, asking NHS staff to make the most of innovative technologies such as genomics, digital medicine, artificial intelligence and robotics to improve services. As allied health professions (AHPs) we have an individual and collective responsibility to play a role in the development of these digital and data capabilities, anticipating the challenges and realising the benefits.
Enabling AHPs to use information and technology is therefore one of 4 priorities in AHPs into Action. A Digital Framework for Allied Health Professionals – Key foundations for future clinical practice supports local services and AHPs to make that happen and works towards services that are both paper-free at the point of care and connected to other services and systems.
I would encourage you to share, discuss and use this framework with your members and networks. Together we can ensure we deliver digital and data enabled AHP services for the benefit of citizens and the wider health and care system.”
Kind regards,
Suzanne Rastrick
Chief Allied Health Professions Officer
NHS England