Clinical Educator for Preceptorship and AHP Pre-reg

Job overview

The Clinical Educator for Preceptorship and AHP Pre-registration plays a key role within the Practice Learning and Development Team, supporting newly qualified practitioners (preceptees) and AHP learners across clinical services. The post holder works collaboratively with clinical teams, educators, and higher education institutions to enhance learning environments, promote inter-professional working, and ensure high-quality preceptorship and placement experiences. They contribute to the delivery of education programmes, skills training, and learner support while exercising professional autonomy, acting as a role model, and aligning practice with Trust values and workforce development strategies.

Main duties of the job

The role involves co-designing, delivering, and evaluating the preceptorship programme, skills sessions, and learner forums for multidisciplinary staff, while supporting multiprofessional preceptees and AHP Pre-reg learners to identify learning needs and opportunities in practice. Key responsibilities include advising and supporting clinical teams and educators, responding to issues raised for example via Datix system, maintaining learner and Preceptee records and tracking systems, contributing to policy and service development, and utilising feedback and evaluations to improve learning quality and supporting team educational development and learner or preceptee action plans as required alongside the Professional Learning and Development Lead.

The post holder builds effective relationships with stakeholders, represents the team at meetings as required, and uses advanced communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills to support workforce development, promote evidence-based practice, and ensure safe, high-quality patient care. They utilise presenting skills to co-facilitate development workshops and deliver session independently such as Preceptorship Awareness workshops.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net  Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.  If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.  To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.