Practice Educator - Speech & Language Therapy

Job summary
NHS Band 7 Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Hours Per Week: 37.5 (Full-Time)
Contract Type: Permanent

This role sits within the trusts therapies department - comprised of Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. The department treats patients across the entirety of the acute trust.

Main duties of the job
The Practice Educator will provide professional leadership for clinical education, workforce development and student learning across Speech and Language Therapy services. Working closely with the Speech and Language Team, Therapies Leadership Team, Higher Education Institutions and the Trust and department Practice Education Team, the post holder will lead the development, delivery and evaluation of high-quality education programmes that support pre-registration students, apprentices, support workers and registered Speech and Language Therapists as well as service development.

About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Job responsibilities
The post holder will promote excellence in learning and development, ensuring educational opportunities support high-quality patient care, workforce sustainability and professional standards. They will act as an expert resource for practice-based learning, clinical supervision, competency development, service development and quality improvement initiatives across SLT services.

For a full list of roles and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.

Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Essential specialist clinical knowledge and up to date experience and competence to work in an acute clinical environment.
• Ability to manage and co-ordinate the creation of new training materials and courses based on sound analysis of training needs and evaluation.
• Able to establish credibility and effective working relationships with a range of staff.
• Able to lead and work as a team, managing and motivating others e.g. faculty and administration staff.
• Able to deliver training in a clinical and Non-Clinical environment with an understanding of risk management and clinical governance.
• Possess advanced computer skills which enable the use of electronic blended learning tools.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving skills for all aspects of training.
• Excellent communication and facilitation
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills, able to influence course leads and stakeholders
• Customer focused and able to create, build and maintain relationships at all levels.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with ability to use initiative.
• Knowledge and experience of implementing health and safety policies within the workplace, including COSH, Manual Handling and Infection Control.
• Understanding of the principles and application of effective budgetary management.
• Understanding of the principles and application of effective staff / HR management
• Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance.
• Demonstrable experience of effective management and supervision of staff and taking charge of ward /unit
• Managing recourses and contributing to departmental budget
• Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources

Qualifications
Essential

• Current registration with either the NMC or HCPC
• BSc Degree in relevant field (Desirable - Masters degree or evidence of working towards)
• Demonstrable experience as a Band 6 within speciality
• Evidence of on-going professional development with post reg qualifications within specialism
• Recognised teaching qualification with demonstrable experienceor willing to work toward this on appointment
• Mentorship, supervision and assessment qualification with experience of supporting learners in practice
• Management / leadership course or qualification

Desirable

• Masters qualification

Experience
Essential

• Experience in delivering Education.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Experience of undertaking programme evaluation and audit.
• Experience of collecting and evaluating data.
• Experience of acting as a mentor/ clinical supervisor

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).

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.