Specialist Palliative Care Practice Education Facilitator

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare organization in Liverpool seeks a Specialist Palliative Care Practice Education Facilitator to enhance staff training and improve end-of-life care. The role includes supporting development of educational programs and providing training across services. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant degree and experience in teaching and supervision within healthcare settings. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students.
• Experience working across professional and organizational boundaries.
• Detailed understanding of regulatory body requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support the specialist palliative care team to develop staff confidence.
• Provide clinical support for end of life tools across clinical areas.
• Conduct training for professionals delivering end of life care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work independently

Education

Professional qualification, minimum of degree level

Masters level study relating to education

Tools

Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Palliative Care Practice Education Facilitator

The closing date is 02 October 2025

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments within the Trust and will be required to work locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be provided. The post holder will be required to support the Quality and Strategy Team, which may require cross boundary working.

• Work with the Specialist Palliative Care Strategy & Quality team to improve end of life care across the Trust and partner organisations through the delivery of education and training to staff through formal and informal sessions including ward-based training.
• Improve knowledge and confidence across organisational boundaries in sharing best practice.
• Support the implementation of all local palliative and end of life care tools across the organisation and ensure that the tools are available for use.
• Work with the Quality and Strategy team to identify areas of need/development and assist in the delivery of management plans to resolve the needs identified.
• Actively participate in local, regional and national audits
• Working with the Quality & Strategy team to support the delivery of the Palliative, End of Life and Bereavement Strategy
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills when communicating with professionals across the organisation in order to convey key messages about potential changes in practice relating to palliative and end of life care provision.

Main duties of the job

oSupport the specialist palliative care team and palliative and end of life project lead to develop staff confidence and competence when using end of life tools.

oProvide clinical support and be an expert resource for the implementation and ongoing appropriate use of end of life tools across all clinical areas.

oSignpost staff to appropriate palliative and end of life resources to guide care.

oBe a clinical role model through attending safety huddles and board rounds in order to promote the timely and appropriate use of palliative care resources and end of life tools.

oProvide ward-based training for professionals delivering end of life care, promoting the timely use of appropriate end of life tools.

oWork with the Palliative Care and End of Life Project Lead to address specific developmental needs relating to the use of local end of life tools.

oHave knowledge of local and national initiatives relating to palliative and end of life care and ensure own compliance with regards to role specific and essential training.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities please see the Job description and Person specification attached

Person Specification

Role Requirements

• Professional qualification, to a minimum of degree level, with up to date professional registration
• Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in the practice setting
• Experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries
• Practical experience of facilitating change
• Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
• Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements
• In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to present to large groups of people
• Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
• Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
• Obtained a Masters level study relating to education or is willing to undertake a Masters programme relating to education
• Practical experience of facilitating change
• Knowledge of different methods/ styles for teaching and learning
• Detailed understanding of curriculum development including the generation of learning outcomes
• Working knowledge of Inter-professional learning theory
• Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
• Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations
• Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadline
• Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities
• Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
• Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
• Broad range of clinical experience
• Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector
• Ability to write evidence based reports
• Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis
• Staff management/staff supervision

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.

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