Practice Learning and Development Lead for Pre-registration

Job summary
Help Shape the Future Nursing WorkforceAre you passionate about developing others, influencing educational excellence, and creating outstanding learning experiences for future healthcare professionals?Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an inspiring and innovative nurse leader to join our Practice Learning and Development Team. This is a unique opportunity to influence how the next generation of registered nurses learn, develop and thrive within mental health, learning disability and community services.As the Practice Learning and Development Lead, you will work at the heart of workforce transformation, collaborating with clinical teams, universities and regional partners to shape high-quality learning environments that inspire students and support staff development. You will champion innovative approaches to practice learning, expand placement opportunities and ensure learners receive exceptional support throughout their professional learning journey.

Main duties of the job
As a Practice Learning and Development Lead, you will provide expert leadership and support for educational leads, practice assessors, practice supervisors and clinical teams across the Trust. You will help ensure that learners receive high-quality placement experiences that are safe, supportive and aligned with national standards.You will:

• Lead on the development and quality assurance of nursing placements across the Trust.
• Work collaboratively with universities and regional partners to enhance practice learning opportunities.
• Lead on the Supporting Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) standards.
• Develop innovative placement models and increase placement capacity.
• Deliver education, training and support to practice assessors, practice supervisors and educational leads.
• Lead quality monitoring activities to ensure excellent learner experiences and continuous improvement.
• Support the Trust Integration Program, as we harmonise to become Leeds Partnership NHS Foundation Trust from 1st April 2027
• Driving continuous improvement through quality assurance, evaluation and service development.
• Influencing educational strategy across the Trust and wider healthcare system.
• Strengthening partnerships with universities and regional education providers

About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team View email address on meeveem.com to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse & recognised Mentorship/Assessment qualification e.g. SLiP/998/PEAP

Skills

• Effective communication with internal / external stakeholders, influencing and persuasion skills, organisation, planning and delivery of complex activities, workload management, think organisationally and strategically.

Experience

• Experience of mentoring/supervising/assessing students Experience of effective multi-disciplinary working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills

Knowledge

• Pre-registration Education, professional practice and learner support

Values

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

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.