Education Facilitator

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Clinical Education team at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Our core values - Compassion, Excellence, and Collaboration are at the forefront of delivering responsive, effective, and safe patient care. The Trust is committed to ensuring that all staff have access to clinical education and training required to provide outstanding care.

We are seeking an Education Facilitator to join our dynamic team and help the Trust maintain its position as one of the most innovative and leading cardio-thoracic specialist NHS organisations. The successful post holder will share our vision and values, be enthusiastic and professional in their approach and have passion for multi-professional education.

The role is central to the planning, delivery and evaluation of training programs across the non-medical professions and grades, tailored towards staff, students and other learners. The post holder will support learner supervision, mentor educators/assessors, and contribute to service improvements.

Candidates will need to hold membership with a UK-regulated health care profession and have previous relevant clinical experience at Band 6.

*Please note this post is advertised as Band 6 but is subject to a consistency checking process.

Main duties of the job

1. Deliver education to learners in practice, and support practice assessors/educators through a train the trainer approach, including action planning and fair assessment.
2. Deliver core clinical training, induction, and competency workshops for staff, aligning with organisational needs.
3. Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, while aligning with team and Trust goals and values.
4. Lead on planning and organisation of activities and programmes such as student induction, student forums, clinical skills session, requiring problem solving and analytical thinking.
5. Provide pastoral support and signposting to students and learners.
6. Support the delivery of education at outward-facing events, liaising with external partners, such as Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), NHSE, the ICB and schools and colleges, ensuring collaborative relationships are fostered and RPH is represented.
7. Deliver clinical skills training as relevant to own scope of practice.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe, the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Professional: Registered Nurse, Allied Healthcare Professional.
• Degree level qualification (Or evidence of studying at level 6).
• Qualification and experience in student assessment such as: Practice Assessor/Educator, the mentorship preparation pathway, ENB 998, or equivalent.
• Teaching/training qualification to a minimum of Diploma level or equivalent.

Experience

• Demonstrable post registration experience.
• Ability to communicate information which may be difficult/sensitive or complex to both individuals and groups.
• Experience in teaching and assessing competencies/proficiencies in the clinical learning environment.
• Knowledge of HCPC Standards/NMC Code of Conduct, Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment and professional practice guidance.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office/teams including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook.

Additional Criteria

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration.

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.