# Student Nursing Associate Facilitator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Ashton Under Lyne
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** 24 months (This is a fixed term contract)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-08T00:01:53.810Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/AshtonUnderLyne/Pennine_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing_Midwifery/Nursing_Midwifery-v8030604
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8030604?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

You will be expected to travel across the Trust footprint at short notice and travel within a reasonable timeframe.

Primary purpose of the role is to provide line management ongoing teaching, support, advice and guidance to learners.

Build and maintain good working relationships with workplace supervisors/assessors and monitor progress to ensure retention and achievement.

Liaise with HEI and relevant supervisors/assessors and managers to discuss any lack of progress or problems and develop action plans to resolve issues.

Ensure that education   frameworks, guidelines and regulations are followed by learner and relevant supervisor/assessor.

Monitor and report on the quality of HEI support to ensure that the needs of Pennine Care and/or professional/regulatory bodies are met. Engage with quality assurance procedures as required to ensure that the Trust's external standards are met.

### Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Education and workforce team in promotion, support and evaluation of the Student Nursing Associate programme within the Trust.

To contribute to the Education and Workforce teams work plans to improve overall Trust performance and effectiveness.

To liaise with external HEI providers in regards to all Student Nursing Associate programme requirements.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- To work as part of the Education and Workforce team in promotion, support and evaluation of the Student Nursing Associate programme within the Trust
- To contribute to the Education and Workforce teams work plans to improve overall Trust performance and effectiveness.
- To liaise with external HEI providers in regards to all Student Nursing Associate programme requirements.

## Job Details

You will be expected to travel across the Trust footprint at short notice and travel within a reasonable timeframe.

Primary purpose of the role is to provide line management ongoing teaching, support, advice and guidance to learners.

Build and maintain good working relationships with workplace supervisors/assessors and monitor progress to ensure retention and achievement.

Liaise with HEI and relevant supervisors/assessors and managers to discuss any lack of progress or problems and develop action plans to resolve issues.

Ensure that education frameworks, guidelines and regulations are followed by learner and relevant supervisor/assessor.

Monitor and report on the quality of HEI support to ensure that the needs of Pennine Care and/or professional/regulatory bodies are met. Engage with quality assurance procedures as required to ensure that the Trust's external standards are met.

## Job Description

To work as part of the Education and workforce team in promotion, support and evaluation of the Student Nursing Associate programme within the Trust.

To contribute to the Education and Workforce teams work plans to improve overall Trust performance and effectiveness.

To liaise with external HEI providers in regards to all Student Nursing Associate programme requirements.

## Responsibilities

To work as part of the Education and Workforce team in promotion, support and evaluation of the Student Nursing Associate programme within the Trust

To contribute to the Education and Workforce teams work plans to improve overall Trust performance and effectiveness.

To liaise with external HEI providers in regards to all Student Nursing Associate programme requirements.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Physical ability to demonstrate psychomotor skills competencies
- Able to supervise students and give feedback and instruction
- Good communication skills.
- Able to present in a fluent, fluid, confident, capable, positive style
- Ability to adapt sessions to meet individual/participants’ needs
- Ability to work autonomously, as own work is managed rather than supervised.
- Self motivated and good time management
- Evidence of ability to problem solve, use own initiative and take personal responsibility for decisions when instant action is needed on courses.
- Able to plan and organise own work
- Ability to reflect on the effectiveness of training and adapt approach
- Able to work both independently and as part of a team, effectively liaising with colleagues whose roles interlink.
- The ability to motivate, coach and support students and have knowledge of individual learning styles and development needs.

**Desirable**

- Familiar with appropriate I.T.

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Thorough knowledge of Student Nursing Associate apprenticeship programme
- Training and compliance requirements of Professional Bodies (e.g. NMC)

**Desirable**

- Learning Theories
- Working knowledge of Mental Health Services

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of teaching / training adults formally and informally - To groups of varying size - To groups of varying seniority - Sessions of varied duration
- Experience of working professionally as a registered nurse or nursing associate with post qualification experience
- Experience of supporting junior members of staff and/or Student Nursing Associates
- Evidence of advocating for the role of the Nursing Associate locally and/or Nationally

**Desirable**

- Experience delivering prewritten training materials
- Experience of delivering training: -- On varied subject matter - At varied difficulty levels
- Experience of working in clinical environments – mental health/ community, clinics/specialist services
- Experience of apprenticeship standards, delivery and monitoring

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree or apprenticeship /equivalent with post qualification experience
- Registered with the NMC
- Have completed the preceptorship programme
- Willingness to study and obtain an externally recognised national trainers L&D award.

**Desirable**

- Degree Registered Nurse
- L&D qualification
- ECDL

### Work related Circumstances

**Essential**

- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 162.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10318033)
- [person specification (pdf, 127.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10318034)
- [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 117.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=440)

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