Education Practitioner Learning Disabilities

Barts Health NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated practitioner with a passion for education to join our team as an Education Practitioner (Learning Disabilities & Autism).

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care while supporting the professional development of staff across the trust. In this role, you will support the design, delivery, and evaluation of high-quality learning and development opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skills, and confidence of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), and the wider multidisciplinary workforce in providing outstanding care for people with learning disabilities and autism across Barts Health NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Liaising with Trust wide teams to support the academy with training needs analysis in relation to care of service users with learning disabilities and autism in physical health settings.
• The development and delivery of Barts Health learning disabilities and autism education including but not limited to online learning, in person and online contemporaneous sessions, modules and programmes of learning. This may involve collaboration with external institutions and organisations to accredit offers or delivery in partnership.
• Evaluate the impact of the learning disabilities focused development programs to ensure improvements in practice are realised. Collaborate closely with patient safety teams to support this work.
• Provision of ongoing supervision, coaching, reflective practice and support structures to ensure learning is embedded in practice.
• Evaluating the value of externally offered programmes and if considered beneficial working in partnership with provider to ensure fit for purpose for Barts Health, implemented effectively and evaluated.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year
• Permanent, full-time position

Requirements

• Registered Nurse / midwife / Allied Health Professional (AHP)
• Practice Supervisor and Assessor or equivalent AHP practice support qualification
• Post Graduate Certificate (PG cert) in Education/or willing to do when in post
• Experience developing and facilitating education in practice and the classroom around learning disabilities and autism
• Clinical background in supporting patients with learning disabilities and autism
• Supervising and assessing learners in practice
• Supporting the development of and implementing new initiatives
• Experience of conflict management with staff, learners and service users
• Understanding and implementing the principles of clinical governance
• Knowledge and understanding of learning disabilities and autism education in a physical health setting for a range of professions
• Knowledge and understanding of the current education priorities within the NHS and healthcare wider healthcare
• Excellent and relevant up to date clinical skills in learning disabilities and autism care
• Expertise in facilitating and supporting learners and others in groups or as individuals along with skills of audit and evaluation
• Good organisational skills including prioritising workload with the ability to escalate when concerned about scope or capacity
• Data analysis skills
• Skills in utilising a range of digital tools including generative AI, MS Office Suite including MS Forms, Teams, Outlook and SharePoint
• Preparing and writing reports for presentation in a range of settings
• Supporting quality monitoring processes
• Working in a team and effective communication
• Facilitating teaching and learning on virtual platforms.