Job summary
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.

About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development. There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers. We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles **(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers)**. This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Details
Date posted: 17 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 173-35926-COR
Job locations: St Mary’s House, Leeds, LS7 3JX, United Kingdom

Job 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.netAttached 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 youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Professional Registered qualification at Degree level

Skills
Essential

• To be able to communicate effectively and influence key partners across the Trust, working as part of a Team

Experience
Essential

• Experience working across a range of mental health or learning disability settings, and experience supporting, supervising, and developing students and newly qualified staff

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of education and development requirements for Pre-registration and newly registered professionals with an understanding of Allied Health Professions (AHPs)

Values
Desirable

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Employer details
Employer name: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St Mary’s House, Leeds, LS7 3JX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:
Practice Learning & Development Lead
Tamara Babij
tamara.babij@nhs.net
07416440427