Education Practitioner Learning Disabilities
Barts Health NHS Trust
London, E1 4DGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£58,133 to £65,261
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
24 November 2026
12 days leftJob description
Advert: Band 7 Education Practitioner, Post Graduate Education Team. Contract type: Substantive Working pattern: 1.0 WTE (Full-time) Site: Trust wide ...
The purpose of the role is to contribute to the Trust wide development of high-quality education for Bart's Health. Supporting the Education Academy, Learning Disability and Trust wide teams in the delivery of high-quality training and development to enable excellent patient care.
The role holder will have a particular focus on:
1. 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.2. 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.3. 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.4. Provision of ongoing supervision, coaching, reflective practice and support structures to ensure learning is embedded in practice.5. 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.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Desirable: - Coaching and Mentoring qualification; - Action Learning Set Facilitator Qualification; - Masters level study
Experience
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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
Skills
Essential
- 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.
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Provenance
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First seen
10 November 2026
Last checked
12 November 2026
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