About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
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It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Role Summary
The Practice Educator will work with community multidisciplinary teams delivering structured classroom based training or at-the-elbow support where required, for registered and unregistered staff with particular focus on essential and required learning for the different roles, to ensure competencies are reached and maintained.
The Practice Educator will also support unregistered staff in their career development, offering advice to candidates and their mentors on completing non–accredited, and accredited diploma and apprenticeship education.
About the Role
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More detail about the role
The Practice Educator will work with community multidisciplinary teams to support team members in the management of patients who are referred to the urgent community response team for admission avoidance or to enable timely discharge from an acute/community setting, ensuring that therapy input is integrated into the patients’ overall care plan.
The Practice Educator will work as an autonomous practitioner, working without direct supervision and at times lone working. The post holder will provide supervision, training and support for community teams by; Supporting unregistered clinical staff to undertake clinical activities, and support the delivery of accredited and non–accredited education with particular focus on essential and required learning for the different roles to ensure competencies are reached and maintained. Supporting registered clinical staff in undertaking assessments and mentoring unregistered staff with their clinical skills development, ensuring safe and fair assessment of learners. Supporting in the delivery of structured classroom-based training where required, this includes; Medicines Administration, UCR Rehabilitation Programme and competencies, recognising a deteriorating patient and Manual Handling updates.
Work with managers to develop the service in line with patient need and trust wide developments, and to help provide an equitable service across the Trust.
Working Pattern: Majority Monday-Friday within 8am-6pm boundaries. Occasionally staff are called upon to cover 8am-8pm working, weekends and Bank Holidays. 15 hours per week, over 2 days.
Interview Date: To Be Confirmed
Pay: The salary advertised for this position reflects the Agenda for Change 2025/6 rates, inclusive of a 3.6% pay award which will be implemented later this year. If you join before the implementation date, the pay award will be backdated to your start date. Until then, remuneration will be based on the 2024/5 pay bandings (Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers)
For further information please contact: Neal Wilkinson, Physiotherapist on 07765 149375 neal.wilkinson@nhs.net
As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
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