Job Description

St Luke's Hospice is renowned for compassionate, high-quality palliative care, supporting individuals living with life-limiting illnesses. Our multidisciplinary team works with patients and families, ensuring comfort, dignity, and choice in both hospice and community settings.
About the Role
This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated, knowledgeable, and proactive individual with a passion for teaching and professional development to join our growing education team as a Practice Education Facilitator. You will support the delivery and coordination of effective education, training, and clinical practice development for employees, students, and volunteers, underpinning the delivery of outstanding palliative and end of life care at St Luke's Hospice.
The Practice Education Facilitator will play a central role in developing clinical competence, enhancing learning environments, and promoting evidence-based practice. You will collaborate with internal and external partners, including universities and other community partners in Mid and South Essex, to provide high-quality learning and assessment experiences across our care services.
A good working knowledge of local healthcare networks and an understanding of the education landscape in Essex would be an advantage in this role.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate education, training, and continuous professional development initiatives for clinical teams, students, and volunteers.
• Act as a role model and mentor within the workplace, fostering a positive learning culture and supporting the induction, supervision, and assessment of learners.
• Identify and respond to learning and development needs through engagement with teams, audits, feedback, and evolving best practice in palliative care.
• Develop and deliver teaching sessions, clinical skills training, and competency assessments, both in-person and through virtual learning platforms.
• Work collaboratively with academic and clinical partners to coordinate high-quality student placements, ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards.
• Contribute to curriculum development, evaluation, and quality assurance processes for internal and partnership education programmes.
• Promote the implementation of innovation, and evidence-based practice within daily clinical activity.
• Support quality improvement, audit, and service development projects, contributing to excellence in patient care and the employee experience.
• Champion the values of St Luke's Hospice, ensuring inclusive, person-centred education for all learners.

Salary, Contract, and Working Hours:
Salary: 31,867 to 40,465 per year (Full time equivalent: 37,009 to 47,756 per year)
Contract: Permanent, Part Time
Hours: 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional evening or weekend sessions as necessary
Location: Based at Thurrock Hospice (RM14), with education delivery across other areas as necessary
Essential Criteria - Skills and Experience

• Professional health or social care qualification and current registration (NMC, HCPC, or equivalent).
• Substantial clinical experience within a palliative, end of life, or related health or social care setting.
• Experience of teaching, mentoring, or supporting learners or staff development in a clinical environment.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills with the ability to tailor approaches to a diverse audience.
• Commitment to inclusive education, continuous improvement, and the promotion of equity, diversity, and accessibility.
• Strong organisational, IT, and time management skills, with a flexible and proactive attitude to service needs and opportunities for innovation.

Desirable - Experience and Qualities

• Recognised teaching, mentorship, or practice assessor qualification (e.g., PGCertEd, Practice Assessor, or equivalent).
• Experience of coordinating student placements and collaborating with higher education institutions or other training providers.
• Involvement in audit, quality improvement, or research activities.
• Competence in using digital learning platforms, e-learning, and virtual meeting technology

Personal Attributes

• Inspirational educator, with enthusiasm for sharing knowledge and enabling others to develop their potential.
• Empathetic, approachable, and resilient, able to work effectively in emotionally sensitive settings.
• Adaptable, reflective, and open to feedback and learning.
• Committed to fostering a positive, inclusive, and safe learning environment for all colleagues and students.
• Aligned with the mission and values of St Luke's Hospice.

How to Apply
Please complete the online application form and evidence how your skills, experience, and approach match the requirements for the Practice Education Facilitator role. We welcome examples demonstrating your commitment to education, staff and student support, and the delivery of outstanding palliative and end of life care.
Right to Work in the UK
St Luke's Hospice is unable to sponsor work permits or visas. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at St Luke's Hospice
St Luke's Hospice is dedicated to fostering a welcoming, inclusive workplace culture. Applications are encouraged from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups including disabled, LGBTQ+, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates. Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process. All applications are treated fairly and consistently.
We are a local charity providing compassionate care to people whose illnesses are no longer curable. We promote dignity in dying and empower people to make the choices they want, from the moment they are diagnosed.
Our care considers people's medical, spiritual and emotional needs, including support for loved ones and carers. Anyone living in Basildon and Thurrock can call on us 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Working alongside other healthcare providers, our specialist services are available at the hospice, out in the community or in a person's place of residence. Together, we fulfil people's choices at the end of their life.
We are a charity and the services we provide are free. We rely on voluntary income from local people to deliver the care they deserve.

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