Practice Teacher/Clinical Educator School Nursing: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 49,387 to 56,515 £ / Year

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic Practice Teacher/ Clinical Educator (School Nursing) to join our Integrated Healthy Families Team based within Nottinghamshire County, negotiable base, but also supporting the wider districts as part of the Practice Teacher team

You will work as part of the team as a community-based practitioner working both within practice setting and within the HEI; assessing, teaching, and evaluating learning, developing programmes of education, and working with others to develop specialist nursing clinicians for the future. The post holder with be part of the leadership team, working in partnership with managers in the development of services to meet the changing needs of the resident population, including the response to professional issues as they arise

Main duties of the job

The post holder as a member of the Healthy Families Team will support the delivery of a universal and targeted 0-19 Healthy Child and Public Health Nursing Programme. This will be delivered in line with the National and Local guidelines and public health priorities. Working proactively using a partnership approach to promote health and contribute to tackling health inequalities within the level of competencies required for the post.

Provide and facilitate a higher level of development /education for staff to maintain a workforce of specialist community clinicians (NMC standards)Work with managers and HEIs in the development and delivery of education, promoting best practice and addressing practice issues relating to competency and service development.Supervise, teach, develop and support other professional colleagues and staff (qualified and unqualified) assessing and monitoring competency in order to maintain quality servicesSupport models of preceptorship and mentorshipProvide evidence-based learning opportunitiesProvide safeguarding and clinical supervision to HFT members.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, innovative, creative applicant with excellent communication skills. You will enjoy working as part of an integrated team but will also demonstrate the ability to work using your own initiative. We offer a friendly and supportive working environment with excellent development opportunities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 1st level Registration with current NMC registration
  • Specialist qualification in specialist field; BSc Hons Community Specialist Public Health School Nursing
  • PG/Cert IPPE/NMC recorded qualified teacher or Practice Teacher module 7 or equivalent to masters level
  • NMC recorded Nurse Prescriber V100 or V150

Desirable

  • Evidence of further professional development

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates sound clinical, professional and practical knowledge and evidence based practice
  • Ability to work in partnership with other services to support children & families
  • Ability to facilitate and deliver the training of pre-registration nursing students, new employees and post-graduate nurses
  • Ability to develop, deliver and evaluate effective training and educational packages for individuals and groups, facilitating inter-professional learning
  • Demonstrate ability to lead change and transformation across services.
  • Proven communications skills – written, oral & IT
  • Interpersonal skills: Problem solving, Listening, Negotiation, Self-awareness, Flexibility, Respectful Challenge
  • Proven Organisation skills: Time & Self-management, Record keeping, Caseload management, Ability to prioritise own workload as well as others in the team.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Knowledge of national and local priorities
  • Proven knowledge & skills in Safeguarding children, young people & adults
  • Proven team leadership and caseload management
  • Have knowledge of research and audit

Experience

Essential

  • Proven School Nursing practice
  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of managing a team

Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork

Contractual requirements

Essential

  • A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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