Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for employment of a Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) to work across our neurology and complex rehabilitation wards supporting staff individual and team learning and development.

You will work across a variety of 3 different ward settings to facilitate the learning and development of our nursing teams, ensuring knowledge, skills, attitudes and values of staff are developed in relation to the sub specialty and relevant required competencies. You will ensure the training needs of teams are well planned, coordinated and achieved to deliver high quality care to patients across areas.

You need to possess passion and enthusiasm for education and learning, excellent communication needs, an ability to support different approaches to learning. You must be a team player and can work autonomously with an ability to self organise and meet required demands and deadlines.

You will be provided with suitable induction and support so you can thrive within your new role, adding real value to the neurology and rehabilitation nursing workforce.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure learners receive safe, supportive and engaging learning experiences
• Work closely with the wider team
• Coordinate and monitor and support staff to ensure they are delivering high standards of care to patients
• Guide and support staff with their individual learning
• Ensure relevant competencies and training needs of the team are well planned, coordinated and achieved
• Work with internal and external stakeholders, including universities, training providers
• Lead audits and quality assurance activities and drive improvements based on learner feedback

About us
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.

Details
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata, per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 160-8254779-b

Job responsibilities

• To support and develop band 5 nursing staff and Health Care Assistants through facilitation in clinical practice and promotion / implementation of relevant education and development pathways.
• To facilitate acquisition of the necessary skills, knowledge and competency by staff and their mentors within the trust.
• Act as a personal and professional role model.
• To form key working relationships with all members of the multi-professional team, including nursing and medical staff, allied health professionals and support workers in the best interest of patients, ensuring quality service is provided at all times.
• Participate in the planning, delivery, evaluation and monitoring of patient care. Audit and report on practice facilitation activities.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal/communication skills in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ensure Trust clinical policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Act as assessor within the clinical areas for staff developing new skills.
• The post holder has a responsibility to keep aware of the latest developments taking place in the Trust and within the health care setting.
• Develop and agree a personal development plan with mentor yearly.
• Attend Trust/local orientation programmes, mandatory training sessions and annual updates.
• Be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in accordance with CPD requirements and maintain a Professional profile.
• Develop and maintain teaching and presentation skills. Plan and organise own workload.
• Assist in the provision of clinical supervision within departments.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: 1st level Registered Nurse (Adult); Relevant degree or working towards / equivalent experience; Recognised teaching/mentorship qualification.
• Desirable: Qualification in this specialty

Knowledge and Experience

• Essential: Significant relevant clinical experience at Band 5 (or above); Student nurse assessor; Relevant teaching qualification/skills; Evidence of ability to act as a preceptor/mentor to new staff.
• Desirable: Evidence of involvement in producing teaching strategies/packages.

Other

• Essential: Recognises own development needs and able to set personal objectives; Able to work on/under own initiative; Demonstrates commitment to act as preceptor/facilitator; Able to educate others in a range of settings, e.g. formal/informal; Able to support staff to achieve computer literacy; Able to plan and deliver teaching sessions/programmes; Able to evaluate the impact of practice development activities; Able to support staff in acquisition of essential and expanded clinical skills e.g. Cannulation and venepuncture.

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Address: the walton centre, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, L9 7LJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/
For questions about the job, contact: Matron Louise Pate, l.pate@nhs.net