Clinical Practice Facilitator

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the ASCR Ward Education Team as a Clinical Practice Facilitator. In this role, you will support the education, training, and development of Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs) across ASCR wards, helping to build a skilled, confident, and compassionate workforce.

Working closely with HCSWs in the clinical environment, you will provide one-to-one support, guidance, and practice-based assessment, enabling staff to develop the skills and competencies required to deliver high-quality patient care. You will coordinate and deliver orientation programmes and study days, monitor progress through regular reviews, and support staff to achieve role-specific development objectives.

Working collaboratively with clinical teams, you will play a key role in ensuring HCSWs are equipped to provide safe, effective, and compassionate care while contributing to the ongoing development of the ASCR wards.

Main duties of the job

• Support the education, training, and development of Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs) across ASCR wards.
• Provide one-to-one support, guidance, and practice-based assessment in the clinical environment.
• Coordinate and deliver HCSW orientation programmes, study days, and learning activities.
• Monitor progress through regular reviews and competency assessments.
• Support staff to achieve role-specific competencies and development objectives.
• Work collaboratively with clinical teams to promote high standards of patient care.
• Contribute to the development of a skilled, confident, and compassionate HCSW workforce.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached full job description for main responsibilities and person specification.

Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nursing Associate with NMC registration

Desirable

• Supporting students in practice course (SSIP)

Experience
Essential

• Substantial experience of working in an acute ward environment
• Confident working with IT systems
• Evidence of continual professional development

Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Competent in all the following skills: Physiological measurements, Wound care, ANTT, Catheter care, ECG, Blood glucose measurement, Venepuncture
• Assess clinical skills
• Able to work to agreed deadlines

Experience
Essential

• Experience of teaching or supporting learners in the workplace

Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate and teach how to care for patients safely, effectively and to a high standard
• Work alongside HCSWs to practice and develop their skills in a clinical setting
• Understanding of band 2 and 3 HCSW pathways
• Manage time effectively
• Ability to problem solve

Personal qualities/special circumstances
Essential

• Excellent role model
• Work well independently and as part of a team
• Motivated
• Organised

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.