Job summary
Are you a registered health visitor with a passion for training and education? If so this role may be for you. We are looking for a motivated and passionate health visitor to undertake the role of Practice Educator (Previously Practice Teacher).
Applications are welcomed from experienced, committed, energetic health visitors who can demonstrate a proven track record in clinical practice, innovation, leadership, commitment and an interest in providing training and developing the health visiting workforce to meet the needs of vulnerable families.
You must have a Community Practice Teacher/ Educator qualification (or equivalent) and be an experienced, registered SCPHN Health Visitor.
This is an exciting opportunity to help develop health visiting practice and to join a team who are passionate about delivering the best to the local community.
Main duties of the job
The Practice Educator is responsible for the recruitment, teaching and assessment of student SCPHN Health Visitors alongside supporting and developing the Health Visiting Workforce. The Practice Educator will also hold a caseload of families delivering the healthy child programme alongside their teaching role.
The Practice Educator will support with policy development and undertaking clinical audit, feeding back audit findings to the workforce.
The Practice Educator will develop programmes of training for student health visitors and the health visitor workforce and will support in the delivery of these programmes. This includes training for student health visitors, the preceptorship programme, healthy child practitioners, community nursery nurses and health visitors.
The Practice Educator will identify learning needs within the workforce and will support in addressing these learning needs.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three strategic objectives:
- Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General nurse with Degree/Diploma in Health Visiting.
- Evidence of continued Professional Development
- Nurse prescriber
- Hold a recognised teaching/assessing qualification.
- Hold a Community Practice teacher/Educator Qualification.
Desirable
- Leadership qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- An awareness and understanding of the knowledge and skills necessary for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of Health promotion.
- Awareness of current legislation relating to Child protection and how it relates to practice
- Awareness of National & Local policies on Primary Care.
- Awareness of the needs of people from deprived and diverse communities.
- Awareness of using Public Health approaches. . Experience of working in partnership with other agencies/patients/public.
- Has demonstrable experience within health Visiting
Desirable
- Experience of teaching
- Experience of working with post registration students
- Ability and willingness to contribute to service development opportunities, e.g. developing guidelines, policies, primary care services
- Experience of clinical supervision and as a facilitator for supervision (or willingness to undertake
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General nurse with Degree/Diploma in Health Visiting.
- Evidence of continued Professional Development
- Nurse prescriber
- Hold a recognised teaching/assessing qualification.
- Hold a Community Practice teacher/Educator Qualification.
Desirable
- Leadership qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- An awareness and understanding of the knowledge and skills necessary for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of Health promotion.
- Awareness of current legislation relating to Child protection and how it relates to practice
- Awareness of National & Local policies on Primary Care.
- Awareness of the needs of people from deprived and diverse communities.
- Awareness of using Public Health approaches. . Experience of working in partnership with other agencies/patients/public.
- Has demonstrable experience within health Visiting
Desirable
- Experience of teaching
- Experience of working with post registration students
- Ability and willingness to contribute to service development opportunities, e.g. developing guidelines, policies, primary care services
- Experience of clinical supervision and as a facilitator for supervision (or willingness to undertake
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.
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.
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).
