Job summary

Sheffield Hallam University is proud to deliver the Assistant Practitioner (Health) Higher Apprenticeship and is seeking Independent Assessors to join our established End Point Assessment team.We are recruiting for several Independent Assessors to be End Point Assessors for the Assistant Practitioner Higher Apprenticeship.

We are committed to maintaining a robust, fair, and fully independent assessment process.

This role offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to the assessment and development of Assistant Practitioners, ensuring high standards of professional practice across health and care settings.

Independent Assessors play a vital role in ensuring the integrity of the End Point Assessment. You will independently judge performance against the assessment plan requirements.

Main duties of the job

Independent Assessors will:

Meet the apprentice to plan the tasks at a time to suit you and the apprentice within the timeframe given.
Assess and grade End Point Assessment components in line with the end point assessment plan.
Conduct and assess the two components for each apprentice:

Task 1: Observation of practice in the apprentices workplace

Task 2: Professional Discussion, underpinned by a portfolio of evidence via video conferencing

Provide clear, constructive, and timely feedback to apprentices using agreed feedback mechanisms.
Record assessment outcomes accurately within relevant systems and to required deadlinesSupport and Development
Full training and ongoing support will be provided (With yearly updates)
Clear assessment guidance and documentation will be supplied
Opportunities to work flexibly, running twice per year in July/August and November/December
Why Join Us?
Support high-quality assessment in a growing healthcare apprenticeship pathway
Work with an experienced and supportive assessment team
Play a key role in maintaining professional standards and learner success
Flexible and meaningful work aligned to healthcare education and practice
Work in line with quality assurance requirements and University procedures
Engage with Standardisation processes.

About us

The School of Health and Social Care delivers a well-established, large and diverse portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate and degree apprenticeship courses leading to registration in 14 different professions. These include Nursing (all fields), Midwifery, Social Work, Paramedic Science, Operating Department Practitioner, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Diagnostic Radiography, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Dietetics and Art Psychotherapy. We support practitioners to continue to develop their professional roles through our extensive continuing professional development portfolio, our graduates working in local, national, and international health and social care sectors. Our research portfolio is cutting edge and applied, undertaking challenge-led collaborative interdisciplinary research, innovation and knowledge exchange to inform and transform health and social care.

Details

Date posted

22 January 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23.35 an hour

Contract

Fixed term

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

N0013-110746

Job locations

City Campus

Howard Street

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S1 1WB

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as part of panel team to carry out synoptic independent assessment in accordance with the Assessment Plan for the relevant Apprenticeship Standards To carry out the role of Independent Assessor through the methods stipulated in the Assessment Plan To carry out training and continuous professional development to maintain awareness of current developments in the design and delivery of relevant assessments To ensure independence in assessment verification and moderation in-line with internal moderation and processes set out in the End-Point Assessment Operational Plan Page 7 of 9 Work with other panel members to ensure consistency of assessment methods To work with Assessment Boards (Apprenticeships) and other quality assurance activities to support the validity, fairness and reliability of assessment. To attend meetings, training and moderation events with Sheffield Hallam University and maintain and supply records appropriate continuing professional development activities relevant to their sector and area of expertise.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Recent occupational experience within the relevant field as covered by
the programme of study to meet minimum requirements of the
Assessment Plan
Experience relating to designing and operating a variety of assessment
tasks appropriate to the subject and operating assessment procedures
(as per EPA minimum requirements).
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
The ability to establish good working relationships and work
Good planning and organisational skills and the ability to manage
conflicting demands and meet deadlines.
collaboratively with a range of stakeholders

Desirable

Experienced in carrying out training and assessment of staff for training
purposes in a workplace or academic environment (for example in
healthcare on service users) and prepared to engage in training and
development

Qualifications

Essential

Knowledge and understanding of UK sector agreed reference points for
the maintenance of academic and industry standards and assurance and
enhancement of quality.
Holds a professional qualification in a relevant field, to at least the level of
the qualification being externally examined (Level 5). (To meet the
minimum requirements of the End Point Assessment)
Hold recent and relevant industry experience, as per any PSRB
requirements, or as set out in the apprenticeship standard as a minimum.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Recent occupational experience within the relevant field as covered by
the programme of study to meet minimum requirements of the
Assessment Plan
Experience relating to designing and operating a variety of assessment
tasks appropriate to the subject and operating assessment procedures
(as per EPA minimum requirements).
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
The ability to establish good working relationships and work
Good planning and organisational skills and the ability to manage
conflicting demands and meet deadlines.
collaboratively with a range of stakeholders

Desirable

Experienced in carrying out training and assessment of staff for training
purposes in a workplace or academic environment (for example in
healthcare on service users) and prepared to engage in training and
development

Qualifications

Essential

Knowledge and understanding of UK sector agreed reference points for
the maintenance of academic and industry standards and assurance and
enhancement of quality.
Holds a professional qualification in a relevant field, to at least the level of
the qualification being externally examined (Level 5). (To meet the
minimum requirements of the End Point Assessment)
Hold recent and relevant industry experience, as per any PSRB
requirements, or as set out in the apprenticeship standard as a minimum.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Hallam University

Address

City Campus

Howard Street

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S1 1WB

Employer's website

https://www.shu.ac.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Hallam University

Address

City Campus

Howard Street

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S1 1WB

Employer's website

https://www.shu.ac.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Sheffield Hallam University Students' Union

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