Practice Learning Facilitator - Nursing

NHS; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Harrogate is seeking a Practice Learning Facilitator for Nursing. The role involves supporting student nurses and ensuring quality placements within the healthcare community. You will collaborate with educational institutions and contribute to the future nursing workforce development. This position requires current NMC registration and at least two years of post-registration experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post registration experience.
• Experience of Health Visiting / School Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Support Practice based Assessors and Supervisors.
• Monitor the quality of practice learning experiences.
• Participate in clinically based educational teaching.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Education

Current NMC Registration

Health Visiting / School Nursing

Job description

Go back Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Practice Learning Facilitator - Nursing

The closing date is 12 May 2025

As a member of the Practice Education Team, your role will be to support Student Nurses within the Trust and will contribute to the development and maintenance of quality assured placements for the full range of students undertaking educational training within the health care community.

You will:

• Contribute at a local, regional and national level to quality assurance initiatives relating to practice learning.
• Act as a conduit between the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and placement providers from within NHS and non NHS organisations.
• Influence the preparation and delivery of educational programmes which impact on the quality of practice learning and student progression in practice.

Main duties of the job

HDFT is a key provider of Pre-registration nurse education across North and West Yorkshire and the North East and as such this role is pivotal in the provision of the future nursing workforce development.

The key functions of the Practice Education Team are to:

• Support Practice based Assessors and Supervisors to ensure that student Learning opportunities are explored and utilised
• Monitor the quality of practice learning experiences for pre-registration healthcare students.
• Support the development of students by participating in clinically based educational teaching
• To represent the interests of HDFT in terms of pre-registration education locally and nationally

About us

HDFT is a key provider of Pre-registration nurse education across North Yorkshire and the North East and as such this role is pivotal in the provision of the future nursing workforce development.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Flowers on [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration
• Experience of Health Visiting / School Nursing
• Minimum of 2 years post registration experience

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post registration experience

Knowledge

• Awareness of current nursing issues
• Awareness of pre-registration education for AHP's

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.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust