Clinical Practice Facilitator (Pre-registration Nursing)

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will join and be supported by Pre-registration Education Lead, fellow Clinical Practice Facilitators across Midwifery and Nursing and the wider Education Team within the Trust. There will be joint working on areas such as: learner capacity in the clinical environment, Educational audits and embedding the NMC Standards for Education; a shared approach to the on-going preparation and support of practice supervisors / assessors; and a collaborative approach to creating career pathways.

As a successful candidate you will be supported through in-house training and offered professional development to enable you to facilitate change, to implement innovations and improvements for service users, their families / carers and staff.

Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the essential qualities required and why you would be an asset to our team. Invites to interview will be sent to the e-mail address, you provide on your application.

For an informal visit or further information, please contact:

Vikki Coleman, Pre-registration Education Lead, via vikki.coleman@nhs.net

Or attend one of the Introduction to the Clinical Practice Facilitator role at LGT information sessions:

LGT CPF role information session - 18 February 2026

LGT CPF role information session - 24 February 2026

Interviews will be scheduled w/c 16 March 2026.

Please be aware of dates as we are unable to offer alternate arrangements.

LGT CPF role information session - 9th October 2025

LGT CPF role information session - 15th October 2025

Interviews will be scheduled w/c 3rd November 2025.

Please be aware of dates as we are unable to offer alternate arrangements.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse / Midwife / AHP
• BSc level study
• Practice Assessor / Mentorship course or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Undertaken formal management / leadership training

Desirable

• Evidence of study at Masters level
• Practice Teacher / teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years of Band 6 in clinical services across a number of roles
• Active as a student Practice Assessor or equivalent experience of capability managing
• Proven track record in line managing people with clearly defined leadership skills
• Ability to demonstrate effective communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to establish partnerships and foster good working relationships
• Experience facilitating and delivering training sessions
• Demonstrates computer literacy e.g. Microsoft packages, email, electronic patient records and electronic rostering
• High level organisational skills and prioritisation of the workload
• Sound knowledge and experience of initiating, evaluating and sustaining change
• Ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change

Desirable

• Experience in recruitment and selection
• Experience of challenging poor practice
• Clinical audit and service evaluation experience
• Experience of managing and responding to complaints
• Involvement in curriculum planning and validation with HEIs

Knowledge

Essential

• Sound knowledge of clinical practice
• Sound knowledge of healthcare education
• Knowledge relating to placement: Identification; Capacity; Educational audit
• Knowledge of NMC Standards for Education
• Excellent theoretical knowledge with the ability to apply theory to practice

Desirable

• Knowledge of NMC Quality assurance processes relating to education
• NMC Fitness to Practice processes
• Involvement in facilitating simulation for teaching of clinical skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Commitment to the education and development of learners
• Commitment to own personal development
• Have a non-judgemental attitude
• Commitment to the provision of a quality service
• Ability to work flexibly across the hospital, community and HEI settings

Desirable

• Car driver

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).