Practice Educator - Speech & Language Therapy
$49,387–$56,515 year
On-sitePortsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead the planning, delivery, and evaluation of education, training, and development programmes for Speech and Language Therapy staff, students, and apprentices. Act as a professional role model, mentor, coach, and clinical supervisor while coordinating student placements across adult and paediatric services. Support the Therapies Senior Leadership Team with service development, quality improvement initiatives, and workforce sustainability. Promote a learning culture that enables staff and learners to achieve their full potential through audit, feedback, and data-driven evaluation. Establish effective working relationships with colleagues across the Trust and external partner organisations to deliver high-quality clinical education and professional standards.
Required Qualifications
- Current registration with either the NMC or HCPC
- BSc Degree in relevant field
- Demonstrable experience as a Band 6 within speciality
- Evidence of on-going professional development with post reg. qualifications within specialism
- Recognised teaching qualification with demonstrable experience
- Mentorship, supervision and assessment qualification with experience of supporting learners in practice
- Management / leadership course or qualification
- Essential specialist clinical knowledge and up to date experience and competence to work in an acute clinical environment
- Able to manage and co-ordinate the creation of new training materials and courses based on sound analysis of training needs and evaluation
- Able to establish credibility and effective working relationships with a range of staff
- Able to lead and work as a team, managing and motivating others e.g. faculty and administration staff
- Able to deliver training in a clinical and Non-Clinical environment with an understanding of risk management and clinical governance
- Possess advanced computer skills which enable the use of electronic blended learning tools
- Excellent analytical problem-solving skills for all aspects of training
- Excellent communication and facilitation
- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills, able to influence course leads and stakeholders
- Customer focused and able to create, build and maintain relationships at all levels
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with ability to use initiative
- Knowledge and experience of implementing health and safety policies within the workplace, including COSH, Manual Handling and Infection Control
- Understanding of the principles and application of effective budgetary management
- Understanding of the principles and application of effective staff / HR management
- Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance
- Demonstrable experience of effective management and supervision of staff and taking charge of ward /unit
- Managing recourses and contributing to departmental budget
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
Desired Qualifications
- BSc Degree in relevant field (Desirable - Master's degree or evidence of working towards)
- Masters' qualification
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