Practice Education Facilitator

Job summary

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. Whilst this post is advertised on a fixed term / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.

Main duties of the job

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 / assessor / 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.

About us

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.

Date posted: 14 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number: 302-25-7121969CPR

Job responsibilities

An experienced healthcare professional who works in partnership with the Approved Education Institutions (AEIs). The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments, the maintenance and increase of educator numbers and placement capacity and the development of inter-professional learning opportunities and support in practice.

• Lead on the structuring, design and delivery of inter-professional learning in practice for healthcare learners and educators / assessors / supervisors within the organisation.
• Work in partnership with the AEIs and other key stakeholders in the planning, delivery and review of multiprofessional development programmes for educators / assessors / supervisors to meet the learning needs of different professional groups.
• Identify opportunities where multiprofessional practice supervision can be facilitated in practice as a foundation for inter-professional learning to take place.
• Lead on the development, implementation and review of education in the clinical line with Trusts Learning & Learning Environment policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Specialist knowledge of Education in Practice at Masters level equivalent e.g. mentorship module Masters level or other Masters level module related to education or willingness to undertake.
• Professional qualification to a minimum of degree level with up-to-date professional registration as Midwife with NMC.
• Completed Clinical Educator or Practice Assessor training / preparation.

Experience Essential

• Broad range of post qualifying clinical experience.
• Extensive experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in the practice setting.
• Experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries.
• Practical experience of facilitating change.
• Experience of staff management/supervision.
• Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures.
• Knowledge of preceptorship process.

Skills Essential

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations.
• Ability to present to large groups of people.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Excellent time management skills & Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work as a member of a team & Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds.
• Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative.
• Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities and to a high standard.
• Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences.
• Ability to write evidence based reports.
• Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis.

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge of different methods/ styles for teaching and learning.
• Detailed understanding of curriculum development including the generation of learning outcomes.
• Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements.
• In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework.
• Working knowledge of Interprofessional learning theory.
• Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access.
• Understanding of quality improvement methodology and outcome measurement.

Other Essential

• Flexible to work across all Trust sites.

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).

Employer details

Employer name: Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Lane, Wigan, WN1 2NN

Employer's website: http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)