Practice Education Facilitator

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit to a Band 7 Practice Education Facilitator post for 12 months for Midwifery.

The post holder will work across the midwifery and the corporate divisions with the support of an experienced team of PEFs to lead on the provision of safe and quality learning environments across Midwifery.

As an experienced Midwife, the post holder will work in partnership with our partner Universities, partner further education colleges, and with partners across the Greater Manchester region to create high-quality learning opportunities for our Midwifery learners.

At the end of the fixed term contract, successful candidates will be supported to apply for any permanent Band 6 post available within the division.

This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis/secondment and will end in 12 months when the fixed term funding expires. While this post is advertised on a fixed term/secondment basis, there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high-quality multi-professional learning environments within the Trust and will be required to work locally within services where learning opportunities can be provided. The post holder will be required to support the breadth of the student experience, which may require cross-boundary working, and contribute to the delivery of the NHSE Quality Assurance Framework.

Key External Partners Include:

• NHS England - North
• The Northwest Approved Education Institutions
• Locality based Service Providers - local Trusts, Primary Care, and the Private, Voluntary and Independent Sector

Key Requirements Include:

• Assessing the quality of practice learning environments; ensuring all service areas/placements have up-to-date action plans in place to contribute to the annual quality monitoring of the NHS Contract.
• Facilitating the development, and ensuring a sufficient provision of educators/assessors/supervisors across relevant service areas; providing supervision and support structures, creating capacity, building capability, and ensuring consistency and efficiency.
• Participating in Quality Assurance Educational Audits across sites.
• Developing and maintaining links with Education Providers to support educators in practice, for example, contributing to curriculum development, validation, and review of programmes across the partner AEIs and other training providers.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

• People at the Heart
• Listen and Involve
• Kind and Respectful
• ONE Team

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL, we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

For further details/informal visits contact:
Name: Joanne Birch
Job title: Specialist Matron
Email address: Joanne.Birch@wwl.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01942 822413

Jenny Wakefield
Professional Practice & Education Lead
Email: Jenny.Wakefield@wwl.nhs.uk
Telephone: 03007078708