Practice Based Educator

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Practice Based Educator in the Respiratory Directorate at Wythenshawe Hospital. This role involves supporting nursing education, promoting practice development, and requires a Registered Nurse with experience in Respiratory Medicine. You will have opportunities for further training and development, ensuring a skilled workforce for patient care.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Evidence of working autonomously in nursing.
• Experience in respiratory nursing and NIV nursing.
• Proven leadership and supervision skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support nursing practice development and education.
• Work with educators to deliver training programmes.
• Provide leadership and support in education across the trust.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Organizational skills

Autonomy

Teaching

Education

Post qualification specialist study

Degree/working towards

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Practice Based Educator

The closing date is 08 July 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join the Respiratory Directorate at Wythenshawe Hospital as a Practice Based Educator. We are looking for an experienced nurse with a background in Respiratory Medicine who is pro- active, dynamic and self motivated. Applicants should be able to work autonomously, be able to prioritize workload and use their own initiative whilst recognizing their limitations and when to seek support.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of three years nursing experience within the NHS at Band 5 or 6 and an understanding of the care and management of the acutely ill patient with respiratory conditions. Additional training and development opportunities will be provided for the right candidate as needed.

Main duties of the job

To facilitate and support the development of nursing and midwifery practice by promoting, maintaining and co-ordinating education across the trust in order to promote a skilled and knowledgeable workforce competent to meet the needs of patients in all clinical areas.

Work with the Educator and Development Practitioner and Lead Corporate Educator and the academy in delivering an educational strategy for nursing/ midwifery/AHP's.

Work with the Educator and Development Practitioner and Lead Corporate Educator and the academy in the delivery of specific training programmes for Nurses/ Midwives and AHP's to deliver education for the organisation.

Work with AHP colleagues in supporting their education needs as appropriate.

Provide a clear focus for nurse/ midwifery education across the trust.

Offer support and leadership to ward/ department managers in all aspects of education and capability and performance.

To develop new ways of delivering education across the organisation.

Support the Educator and Development Practitioner and Lead Corporate Educator on the delivery of preceptorship and CPD development across the organisation.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of post qualification specialist study
• Degree/working towards

Experience

• Experience of respiratory nursing /NIV Nursing
• Evidence of working autonomously
• Leadership and Supervision demonstrated
• Excellent Team management and organization skills
• Experience of working within other areas of nursing
• Working with multidisciplinary team
• Previous experience of teaching in the clinical and classroom setting

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearPer Annum, (Pro Rata)