Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week (3.5 days a week)
- Job ref
- 846-7562840-UJ
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trinity House
- Town
- Ashford
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Practice Educator
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Practice Educator to join our professional team in East Kent.
We’re a close team but we’re never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The children’s short breaks service collaborates with KCC children’s residential short breaks units to ensure that children with complex health needs can safely access the units for their short break stay.
Practice educators work in a small a team which strengthens the overall capacity of the service, ensuring training and competency assessments of KCC unit staff are prioritised and effectively delivered across each unit.
This is achieved through training and assessing the competencies of KCC staff, who provide hands-on care to meet the health needs of children and young people.
Practice Educators’ triage and assess to identify any health tasks that can be delegated to KCC unit staff, who are then trained, supervised, and competency-assessed to deliver the health tasks This supervision and observation continues throughout the year, ensuring KCC staff feel supported and remain competent. Additionally, staff receive updated training and their competency is reassessed annually or sooner if required.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registered paediatric nurse with a minimum of 3 years of acute experience
- Driving licence and access to own vehicle
- Nursing degree, diploma and evidence of relevant post graduate development at Level 6
Desirable criteria
- Management or supervisory qualification or experience of study
- Evidence of specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice (mentorship)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in complex needs or community setting
- Experience of teaching clinical skills and presenting information to large groups
- Supporting others (mentor / educator / supervisor) experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading and managing teams
- Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages (Powerpoint, Excel and RIO)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance to relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
- Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of training needs in relation to post
- Ability to triage and complete health needs assessments
- Ability to manage time effectively, priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Ability to work effectively with a variety of people at all organisational levels across different sectors including educational settings
- Ability to communicate and adapt practice to work with children and young people with complex needs
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work with other professionals, KCC staff and families
personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to manage and lead change
Ability to manage
Essential criteria
- Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda for health under the guidance of the senior Practitioner
- Ability to manage own time effectively
- Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, considering Trust policies and procedures.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ann Fagg
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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