Job summary
An exciting
opportunity has arisen at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (SCHT) for a
permanent full time Practice Education Facilitator (PEF). We are seeking a
proactive, dynamic healthcare professional with significant experience in
educating and assessing students to take on this role.
Main duties of the job
The PEF will take the lead for liaising with universities, ICS partners and clinical teams to facilitate placement opportunities for pre-registration nursing and AHP students and trainee nursing associates. The individual will require objectivity and diplomacy in dealing with challenging situations, offering support to action plan when students are struggling in practice.
The Trust supports work experience placements for those considering healthcare careers and the PEF will take an active role in supporting these applications, along with evolving T level placements.
The post holder will lead on preceptorship which is a key component of our drive to support transition from student to registered practitioner and aid retention.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work in partnership with the Corporate and Divisional Nursing teams, Higher Educational Institutes
and Integrated Care System professional leads across the health economy to maximise Clinical
Placement capacity
Promote quality assurance of the learning environment, ensuring compliance with educational
audit, monitoring and action planning constructive evaluation feedback from learners and any
concerns raised
Act as primary point of contact for support of students and their educators in resolving placement
related issues, promoting tri-partite communication with HEIs as required
Work with the corporate nursing, professional education and clinical teams, to develop and
facilitate improvements in educational and competency standards and quality of care across the
Trust
To actively work with clinical teams and system partners to plan and facilitate learning experiences
to meet the educational needs of those seeking work placements, returning to practice,
undertaking apprenticeships and pre-registration programmes and International staff transitioning
to work within the organisation
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work in partnership with the Corporate and Divisional Nursing teams, Higher Educational Institutes
and Integrated Care System professional leads across the health economy to maximise Clinical
Placement capacity
Promote quality assurance of the learning environment, ensuring compliance with educational
audit, monitoring and action planning constructive evaluation feedback from learners and any
concerns raised
Act as primary point of contact for support of students and their educators in resolving placement
related issues, promoting tri-partite communication with HEIs as required
Work with the corporate nursing, professional education and clinical teams, to develop and
facilitate improvements in educational and competency standards and quality of care across the
Trust
To actively work with clinical teams and system partners to plan and facilitate learning experiences
to meet the educational needs of those seeking work placements, returning to practice,
undertaking apprenticeships and pre-registration programmes and International staff transitioning
to work within the organisation
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience
- Significant experience of educating, supervising and assessing
- students in practice
- Leadership skills
- Experience of working across Systems (ICS/ICB) and with HEIs
- Experience in and understanding of the principles of preceptorship
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered practitioner with current registration on the NMC or
- HCPC register
- Degree level qualification and specialist professional knowledge
- of mentorship, practice assessor/practice educator qualification to
- masters level equivalent
- Teaching qualification at PGCE level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent time management and organisational skills with ability to
- proactively prioritise and manage workload
- Effective communicator: able to communicate complex and highly
- sensitive information
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence-based
- research/guidelines into supporting the development of education
- Ability to manage change and contain conflict, ensuring resolution
- with positive outcomes, with the use of negotiation skills
- Computer literate
- Able to empower individuals by fostering adult working
- relationships
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team internally within
- organisation and with external stakeholders
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience
- Significant experience of educating, supervising and assessing
- students in practice
- Leadership skills
- Experience of working across Systems (ICS/ICB) and with HEIs
- Experience in and understanding of the principles of preceptorship
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered practitioner with current registration on the NMC or
- HCPC register
- Degree level qualification and specialist professional knowledge
- of mentorship, practice assessor/practice educator qualification to
- masters level equivalent
- Teaching qualification at PGCE level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent time management and organisational skills with ability to
- proactively prioritise and manage workload
- Effective communicator: able to communicate complex and highly
- sensitive information
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence-based
- research/guidelines into supporting the development of education
- Ability to manage change and contain conflict, ensuring resolution
- with positive outcomes, with the use of negotiation skills
- Computer literate
- Able to empower individuals by fostering adult working
- relationships
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team internally within
- organisation and with external stakeholders
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
