Practice Educator (Support Worker)

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about supporting and developing others?
Do you have what it takes to offer pastoral support to Support Workers?
Are you a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional?

Then we are delighted to offer you an exciting opportunity to work within the dynamic Nurse Research Education and Development team assisting in the implementation of quality education and training programmes.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

Main duties of the job

Work with external education providers to support recruitment of support workers and promote the trust as an employer of choice

Support Sussex Partnership management in achieving strategic and executive initiative goals.
Working with the Workforce Supply Team, support the development and implementation of the recruitment strategy for support workers and the nursing pipeline within the Trust.
Support Ofsted quality assurance monitoring visits to the Trust.
Lead on the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Care Certificate for support workers.

About us

Please view our Trust website for further information about working for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust:

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/join-us

Date posted

16 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£32,306 to £39,027 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-CO-20714-A

Job locations

Swandean HQ - Worthing

Worthing

BN13 3EP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description

The person in this role will work with the Senior Development Nurse for the Health and Care Academy, Practice Education Facilitators, counterparts in Recruitment and Human Resources (HR), The Education and Development Team to positively support, influence and improve the recruitment, retention, development and career aspirations of support workers across the trust.

The post holder will need to work with minimal supervision contributing to supporting managers, Recruitment, HR and NRED to enhance the experience of the support worker. Support will include identifying learning opportunities, promotion of career development and progression. To include guiding and supporting access to apprenticeship training, professional higher education, the Care Certificate and mentor training.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RN - learning disability or mental health nursing or allied health professional or degree equivalent level study.
For nursing: mentorship module, ENB 998 or assessors training (must be able to demonstrate being up to date)

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Evidence of professional development since qualification
Recent clinical experience
Understanding of own accountability and responsibilities
Current experience at Band 5/6 with experience of a assessing role with undergraduate students/trainees

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RN - learning disability or mental health nursing or allied health professional or degree equivalent level study.
For nursing: mentorship module, ENB 998 or assessors training (must be able to demonstrate being up to date)

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Evidence of professional development since qualification
Recent clinical experience
Understanding of own accountability and responsibilities
Current experience at Band 5/6 with experience of a assessing role with undergraduate students/trainees

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).