Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Practice Education Facilitator

The closing date is 01 December 2025

Job summary

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 inter-professional 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.

The post holder will require to support and train staff in Endoscopy procedures ensuring they are competent to ensure the safety of the patients is paramount and support the Endoscopist in endoscopy procedures.

Main duties of the job

- Assessing the quality of practice learning environments; ensuring all service areas/ placement providers have up to date action plans in place.

- Facilitating the development, and ensuring a sufficient provision of mentors/ practice supervisors across relevant service areas; providing supervision and support structures, building education in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.

- Structuring and coordinating inter-professional learning activity across a service area(s).

- Ensuring all staff are competent in endoscopy procedures providing evidence for GRS

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Details

Date posted

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

287-RMED-403-25

Job locations

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Mount Vernon Street.Liverpool .L7 8YE

Liverpool

L7 8YE


Job description

Job responsibilities

- Plan, design and deliver structured inter-professional learning inpractice for healthcare students and mentors/ practice supervisors.

- Contribute to the planning, delivery and review of multi professional development programmes for mentors/ practice supervisors in order to meet the learning needs of different professional groups, and to ensure that the facilitation of interprofessional learning outcomes is included.

- Identify opportunities where multi-professional mentorship andpractice supervision can be facilitated in practice as a foundationfor inter-professional learning to take place.

- Produce and maintain a portfolio of education in practice activitywithin service area(s). For example, in house mentorship programmes, structured interprofessional learning activities, teaching packages.

- Develop, implement and review education in the clinical and other practice learning environments in line with educational policy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

- Plan, design and deliver structured inter-professional learning inpractice for healthcare students and mentors/ practice supervisors.

- Contribute to the planning, delivery and review of multi professional development programmes for mentors/ practice supervisors in order to meet the learning needs of different professional groups, and to ensure that the facilitation of interprofessional learning outcomes is included.

- Identify opportunities where multi-professional mentorship andpractice supervision can be facilitated in practice as a foundationfor inter-professional learning to take place.

- Produce and maintain a portfolio of education in practice activitywithin service area(s). For example, in house mentorship programmes, structured interprofessional learning activities, teaching packages.

- Develop, implement and review education in the clinical and other practice learning environments in line with educational policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 1 st level degree
  • Professional qualification, to a minimum of degree level, with up to date professional registration
  • Willingness to undertake Masters level study relating to education in practice

Desirable

  • European Computer Driving License

Experience

Essential

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

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 Inter-professional learning theory
  • Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

Desirable

  • Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector

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
  • Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
  • Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
  • Excellent organizational and administrative skills
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
  • Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities
  • Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
  • 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
  • Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
  • Willingness to work across organization boundaries
  • Ability to write evidence based reports
  • Understanding of quality improvement methodology and outcome measurement
  • Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 1 st level degree
  • Professional qualification, to a minimum of degree level, with up to date professional registration
  • Willingness to undertake Masters level study relating to education in practice

Desirable

  • European Computer Driving License

Experience

Essential

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

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 Inter-professional learning theory
  • Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

Desirable

  • Knowledge and experience of the private, voluntary and independent sector

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
  • Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff
  • Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
  • Excellent organizational and administrative skills
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
  • Ability to work flexibly and manage competing priorities
  • Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work
  • 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
  • Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/ preferences
  • Willingness to work across organization boundaries
  • Ability to write evidence based reports
  • Understanding of quality improvement methodology and outcome measurement
  • Ability to supervise staff on a day to day basis

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).

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.

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).

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

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Mount Vernon Street.Liverpool .L7 8YE

Liverpool

L7 8YE


Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Mount Vernon Street.Liverpool .L7 8YE

Liverpool

L7 8YE


Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Unit Manager

Jayne Farnon

jayne.farnon@liverpoolft.nhs.uk

01517062892

Details

Date posted

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

287-RMED-403-25

Job locations

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Mount Vernon Street.Liverpool .L7 8YE

Liverpool

L7 8YE


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