Practice Educator (Preceptorship)NHS

Job summary

Join our Education and Training Team and make a real difference to the development of healthcare professionals across Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. As a supportive and experienced team, we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to support the delivery of our Preceptorship Programme, helping newly qualified practitioners, return-to-practice staff, and other developing professionalsthrive in their careers. Working closely with colleagues, clinical teams and Higher Education Institutions, you will help identify learning opportunities, advocate for interprofessional learning across CFT and partner organisations, provide education as part of the preceptorship programme and sign post to other development opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future workforce while supporting excellence in patient care. This is a fixed term contract (0.4 WTE). Expected duration of this post is 12 months.

Please note:If you are an internal candidate and wanting to apply for this position as a secondment opportunity. Before applying, please ensure you have discussed the post with your current line manager and obtained their agreement to support your release for the duration of the secondment.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the Education and Training Team, you will play a key role in the coordination, delivery and ongoing development of the Trust's Preceptorship Programme.You will support the day-to-day management and delivery of the Trust's Preceptorship Programme, including coordinating learning activities, delivering education sessions, monitoring participant progress, and working with clinical teams to ensure preceptees receive the support required to successfully transition into professional practice. You will work closely with preceptees, preceptors, practice supervisors, assessors, managers and clinical teams to help create high-quality learning experiences and support professional development. The role involves providing educational guidance and advice, facilitating learning opportunities, monitoring the quality of learning environments, and promoting best practice in supervision and assessment. You will act as an advocate for interprofessional learning, building strong relationships across the Trust and with partner education providers to ensure preceptees receive the support they need to succeed in their transition to professional practice.

Job description

Please see attached job description and person specification for detailed job description and additional information.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.