Practice Education Facilitator

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for healthcare professionals to join our Clinical Education Team as a Practice Education Facilitator. This role involves supporting learners and enhancing the quality of practice learning experiences. You will work with a dedicated team, providing educational support and development opportunities, while contributing to the future workforce in a leading NHS organization.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave (pro-rata)

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experienced Nurse, Midwife, or AHP with a passion for education.
• Commitment to collaborative working and supporting learners.
• Ability to undertake audit and research.

Responsibilities

• Support and educate learners and educators across the organization.
• Drive change and develop best practices in clinical education.
• Participate in audit and research activities.

Skills

Organisational skills

Clinical skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving skills

Innovative thinking

Education

Nursing, Midwifery or AHP qualification

Job description

An exciting development opportunity has arisen for 2 healthcare professionals to join our Clinical Education Team as a Practice Education Facilitator.

At East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust, we are committed to providing excellence in non-medical clinical education, support, and development.

Are you passionate about supporting learners at varying stages in their careers and want to enhance the quality of the practice learning experience? Are you seeking your next challenge?

You will join our existing team of multi-professional educators to work across the organization providing support and education to both learners and educators. You will receive support and development opportunities within practice learning to support your career development.

This is a rewarding and varied role where you will have the opportunity to take part in shaping and developing our future workforce.

Band 5-6 Development post would be considered.

We are looking for an experienced Nurse, Midwife or AHP who:

• Has a passion for education and developing others
• Has good organisational and clinical skills, and is keen to support clinical excellence by developing "best practice"
• Is progressive, innovative and can help to drive change
• Is keen to undertake audit and research
• Has excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, with the ability to communicate well with all staff members
• Has a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other healthcare professionals in the organisation and partner education providers
• As a team, we are committed to professional development and will provide:
• CPD opportunities both formally and as part of our internal development programme
• Opportunities for leadership development
• Opportunities to develop teaching and assessment skills
• Opportunities to be involved with research and conference presentation
• Ongoing support and development within the role

We are ESNEFT, providing hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics, and in patients’ own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Alongside supporting your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro-rata), and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we focus on improving our processes and removing delays for staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters through a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming hospital life for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and eager to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you.

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For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Michelle Cummins
Job title: Lead Practice Education Facilitator
Email: [e-mail]