Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust at a pivotal time as we launch our new countywide Home First service on 1 September 2026.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated registered practitioner to support the learning, development and clinical growth of our workforce, helping to ensure staff have the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver outstanding care to people in their own homes. Working closely with the Practice and Learning Facilitator and Home First leadership team, you will play a key role in developing staff, supporting competency assessment, facilitating clinical learning and contributing to the delivery of a high-quality, person-centred service.

This role offers the opportunity to influence and shape a brand-new service, working alongside a diverse multidisciplinary team while promoting continuous improvement, professional development and excellence in patient care.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of an innovative new Home First service from its first day of operation.
• Help shape the development and future success of a growing workforce.
• Work within a supportive multidisciplinary team committed to delivering outstanding care closer to home.
• Play a key role in improving patient outcomes and supporting people to remain independent within their communities.
• Access opportunities for professional development, leadership experience and service improvement work.

Main duties of the job

• Support the delivery of clinical education, induction and competency-based learning programmes for staff across the Home First workforce
• Contribute to the development of a skilled, competent and confident workforce through training, coaching and workplace-based assessment
• Assess, monitor and support staff undertaking work-based competencies within your professional scope of practice.
• Undertake observational visits to support competency sign-off, development and quality assurance.
• Work collaboratively with the Band 6 Practice and Learning Facilitator, Home First Leads and multidisciplinary colleagues to identify learning needs and develop staff capability.
• Support the induction, onboarding and ongoing development of new members of staff throughout their probationary period.
• Promote evidence-based practice and maintain awareness of current NHS priorities, research and best practice relevant to Home First and community care.
• Build effective relationships with colleagues, education providers and partner organisations to maximise learning opportunities and workforce development.
• Champion high standards of patient care, professional practice, health and safety, and organisational values across the service.
• Support apprentices, students and learners undertaking healthcare programmes in partnership with practice education and widening participation teams.
• Travel across Gloucestershire to deliver training and support staff working in a variety of community settings.

About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities
Detailed Job description and main responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

The Trust aims to recruit and retain the best possible staff who, through the application of their skills, qualification and experience, will make a positive contribution to our business of providing quality health care services. It is the Trusts view that the costs associated with moving house in order to take up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent people we need; therefore, we support staff to relocate with our relocation policy.

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice prior to applying for the role.

Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are proud to have been recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust, evidencing the provision of the best care for Veterans and driving to improve the care for veterans and their families. Find out more about this by clicking on the link at the right-hand side, titled Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Current NMC or HCPC Registration
• Degree level qualification
• Evidence of recent and ongoing Continual Professional Development

Desirable

• Teaching, mentorship, assessor or education qualification

Skills & Experience
Essential

• Recent experience working within a healthcare provider setting.
• Experience supporting staff, students or learners in practice.
• Ability to manage workload, prioritise tasks and work independently.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Full driving licence and ability to travel across Gloucestershire.

Desirable

• Community, Home First, reablement or integrated care experience.
• Experience in quality improvement, audit or service development.
• Experience assessing competencies and supporting staff development.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).