HEE’s North West AHP Network are delighted to launch our new workforce improvement collaborative.

Building on Chief AHP peer-assist sessions, this suite of facilitated action learning sets will support AHP workforce improvement priorities across the region.

AHP leaders taking part will be supported to take forward focused work or projects across their organisation or system through facilitated online action learning sets and peer-to-peer support.

The sets will provide a supportive environment for small groups to discuss, reflect and find solutions in a common area of interest, leading to:

• Measurable benefits to services and patient care
• Personal and leadership development
• Improved health and wellbeing through time, space and support to focus on priorities
• Collaboration across system and the region

Focused action

There are eight cohorts available, each focusing on a specific workforce priority. Each cohort will include 6 facilitated section learning sets lasting around 1 hour 30 minutes each. This is an exciting opportunity to support the AHP workforce across the region:

Action learning set (cohorts)		Start date (first set)
1.	AHP placement innovation and expansion - FULL	Friday 30th Oct, 3pm - 4.30pm
2.	AHP placement innovation and expansion - FULL	Wednesday 18th Nov, 3pm - 4.30pm
3.	Equality, diversity and inclusion	Tuesday 6th Nov, 10am - 11.30am
4.	Equality, diversity and inclusion	Wednesday 18th Nov, 1 - 2.30pm
5.	AHP support workforce	Wednesday 2nd Dec, 3.30pm - 5pm
6.	AHP support workforce	Tuesday 8th Dec, 3.30pm - 5pm
7.	Advancing practice (including first contact practitioners) - FULL	Tuesday 15th Dec, 1.30pm - 3pm
8.	Advancing practice (including first contact practitioners)	Friday 13th Jan, 1pm - 2.30pm

A full list of dates is available via this guide.

Who can apply

We are initially offering this opportunity to:

• Chief AHPs or delegated organisational lead (all cohorts)
• AHP faculty leads (all cohorts)
• Heads of schools or delegated organisational lead (all cohorts)
• Project leads for successful clinical placement expansion programme bids (cohorts 1 and 2)
• AHP equality, diversity and inclusion leads (all cohorts)

We particularly welcome applications from black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) colleagues across all cohorts.

How to apply

To apply for a place on one or more cohorts please complete this online application form. 

Deadlines for applications:

• Friday 30^th October for cohorts 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8

Places are limited and we will allocate across them as fairly as possible - please provide supporting information on the application form to support your application. 

For any questions please contact Sonia Davis, AHP Workforce Improvement Fellow (North West).