Practice Education Facilitator
Job overview
The award winning Nursing and AHP Workforce Development Team are looking for a motivated, experienced Nurse looking for an opportunity to embark on a career in education.
During the 9 month secondment you will support a range of learners including Pre-Registration Student Nurses, Nurse Apprentices, new to Care Health Care Support Worker, and students from the new T-level programme. There may be a requirement to visit schools, colleges and universities to promote a career in health.
You will be developed to support Practice Assessors and Supervisors with the delivery of virtual and face to face classroom updates to meet NMC requirements. The varied role may also require you to deliver sessions on the preceptorship programme and the new to care programme.
You need excellent communication skills and need to be digitally literate in navigating a range of IT systems and programmes used to support learners. Training can be provided.
Main duties of the job- The post holder will be a visible and accessible resource for practice based staff to maintain professional standards including the NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment.
You will deliver induction sessions for all our student learners prior to beginning placement and support weekly listening events to ensure a quality learning experience. The RUH has signed up to the Safe Learning Environment Charter and the post holder will help to deliver quality improvement activities to support the agenda.
The role is varied. At times the post holder will be required to support expansion activities identified in the NHS Longterm Workforce Plan and support innovative ways of working such as CLiP and Dyad models of practice based learning.
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria- Registration with professional body such as NMC
- Continuing Professional Development
- Recent experience supervising and assessing students
- Demonstrate evidence of on-going continuous professional development Training
- Qualification in teaching or assessing
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Experience in an acute setting
- Experience in a wide range of clinical settings such as community and in-patient services