Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Practice Education Lead

The closing date is 03 February 2026

Job summary

Are you a dynamic leader ready to drive strategic education and development across a multidisciplinary environment? This role is your chance to make a significant impact on not just on student experience and placement optimisation, but ensuring our workforce of tomorrow is future fit within our Education & Professional Development Department.

As the Practice Education Lead, you will be a key player in the Trust's Education and Professional Development department and report directly to the Associate Director of Education & Professional Development. We are looking for an inspiring professional with significant health service experience. If you possess excellent leadership skills, a passion for developing the clinical workforce, and clear focus for keeping service users and carers at the core of what we do, this is the role for you!

Main duties of the job

  • Leadership - Provide crucial operational oversight and line management to the entire Practice Education Team and Placement Administration Team. Contributing to strategic leadership as part of the wider Senior Leadership Team of the department
  • Multi-Disciplinary Reach -Oversee practice education for Nursing, Allied Health Professionals, and Social Work learners, ensuring our educational models align with organisational values and professional standards.
  • Innovation & Growth -Work in close partnership across the Trust to grow placement capacity, optimise learner experience, and promote a culture of innovation and enterprise within the Placement Administration Team
  • Influence -Represent the Trust in external forums, maintain excellent relationships with key educational partners, and support the Associate Director of Education & Professional Development with long-term strategic planning

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Role Based? Role is based in one of our Norfolk or Suffolk Bases. Hybrid working optional with at least 50% working week in clinical areas and offices

Details

Date posted

21 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR7683679

Job locations

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH


Job description

Job responsibilities

    • Subject matter expert in practice education. Providing advice, guidance to all stakeholders to ensure we maximise the education and learning environment for our students.
    • Excellent leadership skills, with proven ability to manage and motivate staff and delegate effectively.
    • Responsible for utilising existing data and systems to ensure clinical teams practise in accordance with required standard
    • Engage with service users to monitor their experiences of services through the local service user forums
    • Keep abreast of relevant legislative and regulatory framework changes and ensure training provision and clinical practice reflect required standards.
    • Make presentations, both written and verbally, to a wide range of groups to influence both strategy and practice.
    • To assist in the identification of possible future developments in clinical practice and to advise others who are developing their role by finding the correct strategies to aid this

Job description

Job responsibilities

    • Subject matter expert in practice education. Providing advice, guidance to all stakeholders to ensure we maximise the education and learning environment for our students.
    • Excellent leadership skills, with proven ability to manage and motivate staff and delegate effectively.
    • Responsible for utilising existing data and systems to ensure clinical teams practise in accordance with required standard
    • Engage with service users to monitor their experiences of services through the local service user forums
    • Keep abreast of relevant legislative and regulatory framework changes and ensure training provision and clinical practice reflect required standards.
    • Make presentations, both written and verbally, to a wide range of groups to influence both strategy and practice.
    • To assist in the identification of possible future developments in clinical practice and to advise others who are developing their role by finding the correct strategies to aid this

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oMaster's degree or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • oRelevant BSc (Hons) degree or equivalent Cert Ed or PGCE or equivalent teaching qualification
  • Significant post-registration experience as a Registered Health Care Professional

Desirable

  • Additional Clinical & Educational qualifications/post graduate courses.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate highly complex information in a manner suited to the audience.
  • Excellent leadership skills, with proven Ability to manage and motivate staff and delegate effectively
  • Creative and innovative - ability to challenge appropriately accepted ways of working and lead improvement.

knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of national requirements for AHP, nursing, social work education.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oMaster's degree or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • oRelevant BSc (Hons) degree or equivalent Cert Ed or PGCE or equivalent teaching qualification
  • Significant post-registration experience as a Registered Health Care Professional

Desirable

  • Additional Clinical & Educational qualifications/post graduate courses.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate highly complex information in a manner suited to the audience.
  • Excellent leadership skills, with proven Ability to manage and motivate staff and delegate effectively
  • Creative and innovative - ability to challenge appropriately accepted ways of working and lead improvement.

knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of national requirements for AHP, nursing, social work education.

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Director of Education & Development

Neil Lad

neil.lad@nsft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

21 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR7683679

Job locations

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH


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