Staff Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner

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

Job summary

An exciting opportunity at a healthcare organization in Chesterfield for a Staff Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner. This role is vital for delivering training on healthcare apprenticeships and providing support. Candidates must have a foundation degree and experience in clinical education. The position offers a fixed-term contract for 2 years, working 30 hours per week. Join an organization that values care, support, and professional development for both staff and patients.

Benefits

Access to a 24/7 gym

Wellbeing support programs

Qualifications

• Recent acute clinical experience within a hospital setting.
• Experience in delivering clinical education.
• Ability to supervise practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and evaluate Care Certificate and healthcare apprenticeship training.
• Provide pastoral support to candidates in practice.
• Lead with compassion and empathy to create a supportive workplace.

Skills

Sound presentation skills

Knowledge of healthcare related conditions

Ability to teach

Microsoft software use

Education

Maths and English at GCSE GRADE C/4

Level 5 foundation degree in health or equivalent teaching qualification

Teaching and assessing qualification for apprenticeships (TAQA)

Care Certificate Supervisor or mentor

Job description

Staff Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner

The closing date is 28 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Staff Development and Apprenticeship Team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Education Centre. We need to recruit a new Staff Development and Apprenticeship Practitioner (AfC Band 4) 30 hours per week.

Fixed term contract for 2 years.

To support the Staff Development and Apprenticeship Team in the delivery and evaluation of the Care Certificate and Care Certificate Supervisor programmes to meet service priorities and quality standards. To deliver training on the level 2 and 3 healthcare apprenticeships. Being able to teach, assess in practice and mark work in line with apprenticeship standard requirements.

To support with work experience programmes and provide pastoral support to candidates in practice including T levels and BTech students.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have up-to-date experience in a hospital setting delivering care. A foundation degree in health or equivalent teaching qualification is required.

They will have experience in delivering clinical education or have had a mentorship/supervisory role in practice. They will be familiar with the Care Certificate induction and its standards and be able to teach new support staff on induction to the hospital, including resuscitation and vital signs.

Microsoft skills will be required to enable them to plan lessons and create PowerPoint presentations for teaching. Delivery of the level 2 and level 3 healthcare apprenticeship teaching and assessing will be part of this role, so having the TAQA qualification would be essential.

About us

Here at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, we provide a full range of district general services, including 24‑hour urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery to the population of North Derbyshire – around 400,000 local people. We also offer primary care services through nine GP surgeries in Chesterfield and Derbyshire. We work closely with partners across health and care as part of the Joined‑Up Care Derbyshire system.

The Trust’s Together as One Strategy and People Plan describe our organisational values and a pledge to support our people. We are above average in all themes of the NHS National Staff Survey.

A significant element of supporting our people includes compassionate and inclusive leadership. We know that people have a life outside of work, we offer a raft of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing including a purpose-built Wellbeing Hub free of charge for staff which includes access to a 24/7 gym. We are easily accessible from the M1 and the A61 and the local train station is nearby.

Ours is a workplace in which you can proudly be yourself.

Job responsibilities

Staff Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner is an educational role within our organisation. Leading the Chesterfield Way supports the Trusts priorities and ambitions and sets out the behaviours and characteristics that leaders are expected to adopt and that all staff can role‑model, to make the Trust an even better place to work; and to support the delivery of exceptional patient care. It provides a framework for leadership and supports individual progression through appraisal, career progression and personal development. As a Staff Development & Apprenticeship Practitioner you will use Leading the Chesterfield Way and its principles to:

• Inspire a shared sense of purpose encouraging your team to take pride in what they do, improve the care and services they provide and enable them to understand how they contribute to the success of the organisation.
• Lead with care – show colleagues compassion and care by listening – and offer empathy and understanding to help create a supportive workplace.
• Evaluate and use information – be alert to what is happening around you and evaluate the information you hear, receive or discover to take action and decisions that improve both patient and staff experience.
• Work with others to connect services – using the opportunity to link up with different colleagues, leaders and partners, building relationships that help everyone deliver effective and efficient healthcare and services.
• Engage with your team – respecting every member of staff, valuing their diversity and ensuring that each member feels that their contribution is appreciated and valued.
• Hold yourself and others to account – be clear about what’s expected at work, give honest feedback and act quickly and fairly to support others who are struggling to meet expectations.
• Develop capability – take opportunities to develop your own skills, take up training and education that will help you in your role and keep up-to-date with the essential training that applies to you.
• Influence what happens – act as an ambassador for the Trust, share good news and good practice with your team, contribute to debates, have a say and lead improvement in all ways of influencing what happens to our services in the future.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Maths and English at GCSE GRADE C/4 or Level 2 Functional skills.
• Level 5 foundation degree in health or equivalent relevant teaching qualification.
• Teaching and assessing qualification for apprenticeships (TAQA).
• Care Certificate Supervisor or mentor.

Experience

• Recent acute clinical experience within a hospital setting.
• Ability to teach a skill.
• Supervision in practice.
• Clinical teaching experience.
• Experience of coordinating staff.

Skills

• Sound presentation skills.
• Up-to-date knowledge of healthcare related conditions.
• Awareness of the Care certificate standards.
• Ability to teach.
• Ability to use Microsoft software to develop teaching resources e.g. PowerPoint presentations.
• Familiar with creating lesson plans.
• Able to give constructive feedback.

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.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust