Job summary
This role is responsible for managing clinical placement capacity for pre-registration nursing and midwifery students across Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, ensuring placements meet NMC standards and support high-quality learning. It involves close collaboration with the University of Worcester and other HEIs to allocate placements equitably, maintain a live register of mentors, assessors, and supervisors, and oversee reviews and reporting to regulatory bodies. The postholder leads a team of clinical educators, acts as a clinical and educational role model, and engages in clinical practice monthly to ensure placements remain relevant, supportive, and aligned with safe, effective patient care.
Main duties of the job
- To manage clinical placement capacity for pre-registration students of nursing and midwifery across Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
- To liaise with the University of Worcester and other HEIs in the allocation and management of clinical placements ensuring equity and parity.
- To oversee and manage the live register of active mentors in line with NMC requirements.
- To ensure adequate number of practice Assessors & Supervisors in line with NMC requirements.
- To participate in NMC and University reviews of placement provision on behalf of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals.
- To ensure effective lines of communication between the Trust and Universities placing students.
- To provide statistical data and reports to HEE as required.
- To manage a team of clinical educators and be responsible for recruitment, disciplinary matters and personal development of the team.
- To act as a clinical and educational role model.
- To participate in clinical practice for a minimum of 1 day per month.
- Working collaboratively with the University of Worcester and other Universities in providing clinical placements for pre-registration nursing and midwifery in line with NMC standards to ensure students have the clinical knowledge and skills to provide safe and effective patient care.
- To work flexibly to facilitate and promote appropriate and quality learning environments within an acute setting.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties:
Professional
- Collaborate with education providers to ensure learning environments are reviewed as required.
- Act as a resource for all clinical staff and students, and to advise accordingly.
- To comply with all relevant WAH Policies & Procedures in exercising the duties of the role.
- To actively participate and contribute towards the setting and achievement of personal development plan and objectives for the team.
- To carry out responsibilities in such a way as to minimise the risk of harm to children, young people and vulnerable adults, promoting their welfare and raising any concerns in a timely manner in accordance with the Trust's policies relating to safeguarding.
- To participate in the recruitment and selection of pre-registration students.
Managerial
- To manage a team of Practice Educators, including managing priorities, work plans, performance management, PDRs and disciplinary measures.
- Responsible for efficient and effective use of resources. To manage time effectively to meet project outcomes.
- Care for equipment and supplies within the sphere of responsibility.
- Maintain accurate written and computerised records.
- To provide progress reports and statistical returns to HEE and HEI on and clinical placement activity as appropriate.
- To maintain accurate current records and progress reports on individual projects and initiatives.
- To ensure that staff managed by the post holder comply with Trust policies and procedures taking appropriate action where and when required.
Leadership
- To assess development needs and create a culture of reflective practice.
- Be aware of NHS initiatives and contribute to change management.
- Ensure Trust policies and guidelines are adhered to and regular updating of staff takes place.
- To maintain the high standards of the department by contributing towards individual and team objectives.
- To work as an effective part of the team.
Training, Education and Development
- To deliver and facilitate training and education to health care staff and pre-registration nursing and midwifery students in clinical and classroom settings.
- To be aware of the outcome of the educational audits and work with CEs and managers and tutors to develop and implement resultant action plans.
- To contribute to the design, planning and implementation of learning programmes for students, Practice Assessors and Supervisors.
- To contribute to the overall evaluation of learning programmes, designing and/or implementing evaluation strategies that determine the effectiveness of practice learning experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties:
Professional
- Collaborate with education providers to ensure learning environments are reviewed as required.
- Act as a resource for all clinical staff and students, and to advise accordingly.
- To comply with all relevant WAH Policies & Procedures in exercising the duties of the role.
- To actively participate and contribute towards the setting and achievement of personal development plan and objectives for the team.
- To carry out responsibilities in such a way as to minimise the risk of harm to children, young people and vulnerable adults, promoting their welfare and raising any concerns in a timely manner in accordance with the Trust's policies relating to safeguarding.
- To participate in the recruitment and selection of pre-registration students.
Managerial
- To manage a team of Practice Educators, including managing priorities, work plans, performance management, PDRs and disciplinary measures.
- Responsible for efficient and effective use of resources. To manage time effectively to meet project outcomes.
- Care for equipment and supplies within the sphere of responsibility.
- Maintain accurate written and computerised records.
- To provide progress reports and statistical returns to HEE and HEI on and clinical placement activity as appropriate.
- To maintain accurate current records and progress reports on individual projects and initiatives.
- To ensure that staff managed by the post holder comply with Trust policies and procedures taking appropriate action where and when required.
Leadership
- To assess development needs and create a culture of reflective practice.
- Be aware of NHS initiatives and contribute to change management.
- Ensure Trust policies and guidelines are adhered to and regular updating of staff takes place.
- To maintain the high standards of the department by contributing towards individual and team objectives.
- To work as an effective part of the team.
Training, Education and Development
- To deliver and facilitate training and education to health care staff and pre-registration nursing and midwifery students in clinical and classroom settings.
- To be aware of the outcome of the educational audits and work with CEs and managers and tutors to develop and implement resultant action plans.
- To contribute to the design, planning and implementation of learning programmes for students, Practice Assessors and Supervisors.
- To contribute to the overall evaluation of learning programmes, designing and/or implementing evaluation strategies that determine the effectiveness of practice learning experience.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Recent post-registration experience in clinical practice.
- Experienced mentor with expert knowledge of mentorship and the pre-registration nurse education assessment criteria.
- Proven experience of working in different practice settings.
- Proven Leadership/Management experience.
- Proven experience of interviewing junior staff.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to work as a member of a team and independently.
- Ability to deal with difficult situations.
- Organised.
- Effective time management.
- Be flexible and adaptable to change.
- Enthuastic.
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Ability and willingness to travel within the organisation and to partner HEI's for meetings.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to present to diverse groups of people of varying numbers including sensitive, complex or contentious information.
- Effective teaching and facilitation skills.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills.
- Ability to lead and manage change.
- Developed IT skills.
- Clinically proficient in area of expertise.
- Ability to work autonomously in a challenging and dynamic way.
- Ability to lead and work as part of a team.
- People management skills.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Ability to support and challenge.
- Ability to prioritise workload, work to deadlines and manage competing demands.
- Experience of supporting trainee mentors.
- Ability to demonstrate self and organisational awareness.
- Ability to lead and manage a team.
- An understanding of current strategic issues in nursing and midwifery, health care contexts and higher education, nationally and locally.
- Understanding of the relevant BSc (Hons) programme.
- An understanding of health and social care policies.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current live registration on a relevant part of the NMC register.
- Educated to First Degree level or equivalent.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Recognised/recordable Teaching Qualification.
- Masters qualification or equivalent or working towards.
- Experience of the Practice Facilitator Role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Recent post-registration experience in clinical practice.
- Experienced mentor with expert knowledge of mentorship and the pre-registration nurse education assessment criteria.
- Proven experience of working in different practice settings.
- Proven Leadership/Management experience.
- Proven experience of interviewing junior staff.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to work as a member of a team and independently.
- Ability to deal with difficult situations.
- Organised.
- Effective time management.
- Be flexible and adaptable to change.
- Enthuastic.
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Ability and willingness to travel within the organisation and to partner HEI's for meetings.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to present to diverse groups of people of varying numbers including sensitive, complex or contentious information.
- Effective teaching and facilitation skills.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills.
- Ability to lead and manage change.
- Developed IT skills.
- Clinically proficient in area of expertise.
- Ability to work autonomously in a challenging and dynamic way.
- Ability to lead and work as part of a team.
- People management skills.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Ability to support and challenge.
- Ability to prioritise workload, work to deadlines and manage competing demands.
- Experience of supporting trainee mentors.
- Ability to demonstrate self and organisational awareness.
- Ability to lead and manage a team.
- An understanding of current strategic issues in nursing and midwifery, health care contexts and higher education, nationally and locally.
- Understanding of the relevant BSc (Hons) programme.
- An understanding of health and social care policies.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current live registration on a relevant part of the NMC register.
- Educated to First Degree level or equivalent.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Recognised/recordable Teaching Qualification.
- Masters qualification or equivalent or working towards.
- Experience of the Practice Facilitator Role.
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
