Practice Educator - Speech & Language TherapyNHS
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.
Job description
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.
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.