Job summary
We're looking for an inspiring and forward-thinking leader to head our Clinical Practice Facilitator (CPF) team within the Surgical Division (excluding the Intensive Care Unit and Theatres). This is an exciting opportunity to shape the educational culture of a large, dynamic service area and play a key role in developing the workforce of the future.

• Lead and support the CPF team, ensuring high-quality educational support is embedded throughout the Surgical Division.
• Oversee a comprehensive induction programme for all new starters--both registered and unregistered--ensuring everyone is safely, effectively, and confidently welcomed into the surgical environment.
• Set the strategic vision for education within Surgery, aligning priorities with divisional and Trust objectives, and regularly presenting progress and outcomes at senior leadership forums.
• Ensure accurate training and competency records are maintained, promoting full compliance with Trust-mandated training and supporting staff to achieve their required competencies.
• Deliver Surgery-specific clinical education, ensuring staff have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to provide safe, evidence-based perioperative and surgical patient care.
• Contribute to clinical audit and quality improvement activity, identifying training needs, proposing solutions, and helping shape the ongoing development of the surgical workforce.

Main duties of the job

• Coordinate education, training, and practice-development activity across the Surgical Division.
• Ensure staff achieve required competencies and have access to effective learning, CPD, high-quality teaching, research opportunities, and professional support.
• Collaborate with universities, Trust colleagues, and external education providers to design and deliver programmes that reflect local, regional, and national standards.
• Support development of guidelines, leading audit activity, research, and innovation in clinical education.
• Manage educational records and data, contributing to governance processes and ensuring policies remain current and evidence-based.
• Drive improvement in communication and teamwork, strengthening relationships and supporting effective service delivery across surgical specialties.

This is a pivotal role for someone passionate about developing others, enhancing patient care through education, and ensuring the Surgical Division remains a vibrant, supportive, and high-performing learning environment.

About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17,600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.

We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!

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Job responsibilities
**PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS OFFERED ON A FULL TIME, PART TIME OR JOB SHARE BASIS - PLEASE STATE IN YOUR APPLICATION YOUR PREFERENCE**

**Please see job description.**

Person Specification
Experience of working in a surgical setting
Essential

• Evidence of working in a surgical setting

Desirable

• Evidence of working in a variety of surgical settings

Professional Registration
Essential

• Hold a valid professional registration

Teaching and assessing qualification in clinical practice
Essential

• Teaching and assessing clinical practice qualification

Desirable

• Higher level qualification in teaching and assessing clinical practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).