Location: Featherstone Road Clinic, Southall. Salary: £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer). Closing date: 01/06/2026 23:59.
Job overview
To promote continuous professional development of Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates, Health Care Assistants and Nursing Students across Ealing Community Partners/Trustwide. To contribute to the development and delivery of continuing professional development opportunities for nurses, Nursing Associates, Health care assistants and students, including the support and development of practice placements, new inductees and pre/post registered students. Competent in the role of practice supervisor and assessor, ensuring that placements and support for nursing learners are of a high standard in line with NMC requirements. Contributing to the delivery of nursing preceptorship across the trust and supporting key nursing education and quality assurance projects, such as nursing recruitment and retention activity and the development of internationally educated nurses. Contribute to the development and use of systems to audit, assess and evaluate standards of practice. Role model best practice in relation to Service User and Carer engagement.
Main duties of the job
* Contribute to supporting and developing practice placements and the practice supervisor and assessor role, ensuring that placements and support for nursing learners are of a high standard in line with NMC requirements
* Contribute to ensuring that continuous professional development opportunities are available for nursing staff; supporting the delivery of key nursing education and quality assurance projects such as nursing recruitment and retention activity, and the development of internationally educated nurses
* Contribute to ensuring there are robust systems of effective secondary induction and preceptorship for staff, in line with HEE preceptorship framework
* Undertake audit of clinical activity, performance and health outcome
* Support the dissemination and introduction of practice standards related to competency expectations for registered nurses
* Make a contribution to clinical supervision arrangements
* Contribute to the monitoring and audit of clinical supervision activity
* Provide direct training and teaching to nurses
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Nurse (RN)
* Demonstrable record of personal development
* High quality written and oral communication skills
* Good leadership skills
* High quality interpersonal skills
* Good clinical skills
* Recognised Teaching Qualification
* Master degree (or working towards)
* Specialist Clinical Skills
* Recognised Teaching Experience /Qualification
Experience
* Experience in general/community nursing across settings, i.e. inpatient and community. Substantial recent experience in practice development / service improvement / nursing education
* Previous experience as Ward Manager/Clinical Team Leader
* Previous experience in working within a clinical governance framework
* Experience in project management
Knowledge
* Knowledge of national policy relating to health services
* Government’s modernisation agenda, including Clinical Governance
* Good understanding of physical and mental health care needs
* Able to deal with complex inter-related information and activities
* Able to assess priorities and identify patients’ needs
* Knowledge of commissioning process
* Knowledge of education consortiums structures and processes
* Understand systems theory
* Working knowledge of competency base systems of appraisal/assessment
Personal Qualities
* Excellent team player and ability to facilitate partnership working
* Source of inspiration
* Decisive and does not avoid sensitive issues
* Acts as good role model
* Good time manager
* Energetic and self‑motivated
* Record of professional publications
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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