Specialist Community Practice Teacher

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Site Featherstone Road Clinic Town Southall Salary £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer) Salary period Yearly Closing 19/08/:59 Interview date 28/08/2026

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

Job overview

To promote continuous professional development of Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates, Health Care Assistants and Nursing Students across Ealing Community Partners/ Trustwide. To contribute to the development and delivery of continuing professional development opportunities for nurses, Nursing Associates Health care assistants, students, including the support and development of practice placements, new inductees and pre/post registered students. Competent in the role of practice supervisor and assessor, ensuring that placements and support for nursing learners are of a high standard in line with NMC requirements. Contributing to the delivery of nursing preceptorship across the trust and supporting the delivery of key nursing education and quality assurance projects such as nursing recruitment and retention activity, and the development of internationally educated nurses. Contribute to the development and use of systems to audit, assess and evaluate standards of practice. role model best practice in relation to Service User and Carer engagement.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to supporting and developing practice placements and the practice supervisor and assessor role, ensuring that placements and support for nursing learners are of a high standard in line with NMC requirements
• Contribute to ensuring that continuous professional development opportunities are available for nursing staff; supporting the delivery of key nursing education and quality assurance projects such as nursing recruitment and retention activity, and the development of internationally educated nurses.
• Contribute to ensuring there are robust systems of effective secondary induction and preceptorship for staff, in line with HEE preceptorship framework.
• Undertake audit of clinical activity, performance and health outcome.
• Support the dissemination and introduction of practice standards related to competency expectations for registered nurses.
• Make a contribution to clinical supervision arrangements.
• Contribute to the monitoring and audit of clinical supervision activity.
• Provide direct training and teaching to nurses.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification Qualifications and Training

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Demonstrable record of personal development
• High quality written and oral communication skills
• Good leadership skills
• High quality interpersonal skills
• Good clinical skills
• Recognised Teaching Qualification
• Master degree (or working towards)
• Specialist Clinical Skills
• Recognised Teaching Experience /Qualification

Experience

• Experience in general/ community nursing across a range settings i.e. inpatient and community. Substantial recent experience in practice development / service improvement / nursing education
• Previous experience as Ward Manger/Clinical Team Leader
• Previous experience in working within a clinical governance framework
• Experience in project management

Knowledge

• Knowledge of national policy relating to health services.
• Government's modernisation agenda, including Clinical Governance.
• Good understanding of physical and mental health care needs.
• Able to deal with complex inter-related information and activities
• Able to assess priorities and identify patients' needs
• Knowledge of commissioning process
• Knowledge of education consortiums structures and processes
• Understand systems theory
• Working knowledge of competency base systems of appraisal/assessment

Personal Qualities

• Excellent team player and ability to facilitate partnership working
• Source of inspiration
• Decisive and does not avoid sensitive issues
• Acts as good role model
• Good time manager
• Energetic and self-motivated
• Record of professional publications

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks . After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We encourage the thoughtful use of technology as a demonstration of strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, we encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment application to showcase their unique skills and experiences.

While AI-generated content can be a helpful tool, relying solely on generic responses instead of highlighting your own strengths and achievements may impact the success of your application. The success of an application will always be assessed against the essential and desirable criteria for the role, so it is important to ensure that your application and any supporting information clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals.

We're committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It's in everyone's interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.