Service and Practice Development Facilitator

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) seeks a Service and Practice Development Facilitator to lead post‑registration education across cross‑site services in Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

The successful candidate will plan, prioritise, and deliver high‑quality training programmes, including CPDs, on‑the‑job coaching, OSCE training and leadership development, with at least 70% of time spent teaching in person.

Qualifications

• Active NMC registration as a nurse.
• Post-registration teaching qualification required.
• 3 years minimum recent experience in an acute clinical specialty.
• Experience delivering post-registration education and CPD programs.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritise, lead, oversee and deliver high‑quality training programmes for the Trust.
• Deliver CPDs, on‑the‑job coaching, OSCE training and leadership development.
• Support the post‑registration education portfolio while upholding Trust HEART values.

Skills

Teaching ability

Communication

Education

NMC registered Nurse

Post-registration teaching qualification

Job description

Main area Multi-professional Clinical Education Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent: Cross-site working Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5 or 8-4 is the required working pattern) Job ref 337-NP-1112KS

Employer London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site This is a cross site role. Town Ealing, Harrow and Wembley Salary £55,524 - £62,652 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/12/2026

Service and Practice Development Facilitator

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us #WeAreLNWH

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

“We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).”

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Job overview

An SPDF will need to be passionate about developing people to enable enhanced quality of care provision to our patients; holding high standards of education and be an advocate for evidence based clinical and educational practices. The post holder will need to be a clinically credible professional and an advocate for excellence in professional practice with a strong work ethic, be self- critical and able to recognise their own limitations and areas for development. The appointee is expected to support the post-registration education portfolio of the Trust while upholding Trust HEART values by offering at least 70% of their time teaching in person.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the delivery of post-registration education portfolio at the Trust by planning , prioritising, leading, overseeing and delivering high quality training programmes for the Trust, including preceptorship, relevant CPDs, 'on the job' coaching, Oliver McGowan Training, competencies at all levels, leadership development, internationally educated nurse OSCE training, competency-based development programmes, essential skills and study events.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibilities, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Registered Nurse, Part one of the UK NMC register

• Active NMC registration
• 3 years minimum recent experience in an acute clinical speciality
• Teaching qualification
• Demonstrable experience of teaching/supporting staff
• Evidence of recent CPD/level 7 learning
• OSCE training experience/qualification
• Improvement qualification/experience of successful QI projects
• Active NMC registration
• 3 years minimum recent experience in an acute clinical speciality
• Demonstrable experience of supporting staff

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH)does not charge any fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements or offers of employment.

All legitimate recruitment communications and applications will be made through our official careers website and published contact details. If you receive a job offer or recruitment communication requesting payment, please do not make any payment and verify it with us using the contact details published on our official careers website.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.