# Practice Educator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Sutton
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-21T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T09:50:52.731Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Sutton/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Oncology/Oncology-v8214081
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8214081?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Practice Educator to support the growing workforce within the West Wing Clinical Research Centre (WWCRC). This role will lead on education, clinical competency, and workforce development across the unit, supporting staff delivering increasingly complex oncology clinical trials. The successful candidate will coordinate induction and onboarding programmes, deliver teaching and clinical training, support competency assessment, and contribute to improving staff experience, retention, and professional development.

### Main duties of the job

A key aspect of the role will be working closely with clinical research teams, pharmacy, and other multidisciplinary stakeholders to ensure a coordinated and consistent approach to service delivery across the unit. Applicants should have substantial oncology experience, excellent communication and leadership skills, and a strong interest in education and clinical research. This is an exciting opportunity to influence and support the continued growth and development of a specialist clinical research workforce.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information, please refer to the job description and person specification.

- Demonstrate clinical practice expertise in drug development by working alongside nurses on the WWCRC
- Assess the development needs of staff nurses and with the Ward sister of WWCRC write a professional development plan to enable them to gain clinical competence in cancer setting and increase their awareness of the evidence underpinning practice and how to use it in their daily work.
- Maintaining personal clinical competence, credibility and professional development in line with the NMC requirements
- Participating in the Clinical Education Team meetings
- Participating in interviewing for recruitment activities as required.
- Supporting other members of the Clinical Education team in the development of newly qualified nurses within the Trust

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Attainment

**Essential**

- First level registration
- Post registration oncology qualification at degree level
- Hold registered mentor qualification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Proven experience as a clinical trials nurse in the area of drug development
- Experience in supervising/facilitating students in practice

**Desirable**

- Previous teaching and research experience

### Aptitude & Disposition

**Essential**

- Ability to communicate well with the multidisciplinary team
- Confident and articulate
- Committed to personal and professional development
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
- Ability to introduce change
- Able to work unsupervised
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Ability to how to communicate implementation of evidence based practice to others.
- Ability to work flexible hours as required to meet service needs
- Ability to work across sites if required

## Documents

- [282-cr1563_jd&ps (pdf, 313.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10521816)
- [job features form (pdf, 136.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10521817)
- [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360)
- [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580)

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