Practice Nurse Educator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This full-time Band 7 position is for a qualified Mental Health Nurse with a passion for nursing governance, quality, standards, and education. The Professional Nurse Educator (PNE) will work in an inpatient Dementia Unit, collaborating with the Matron to support the clinical, professional, and educational development of mental health nursing staff. The role involves developing and delivering clinically relevant practice education to ensure high-quality, evidence-based patient care. The PNE will provide expert knowledge and clinical leadership, facilitating the application of theory to practice within the clinical setting.
Key responsibilities
- Support managers, assessors, and supervisors in practice and act as a link between clinical practice, senior Nurse Leadership Team, and the Department of Nursing Research, Education and Development (NRED), International Recruitment team, and Higher Education Institutes (HEI).
- Be accountable for own professional actions and act autonomously to resolve issues and problems arising within practice, providing strong, skilled professional leadership and support to all members of the workforce involved with learners.
- Lead by example, acting as a role model to others by demonstrating effective professional attitudes and behaviours.
- Develop communication networks and close working relationships with managers, practice assessors, supervisors, other practice placement areas, and HEIs.
- Play a leading role, as appropriate, in curriculum development, ensuring principles of work-based learning, clinical need, and up-to-date practice of caring for patients are included.
- Contribute and develop study days locally to their site of work, providing virtual, face-to-face training, and clinical coaching in practice.
Essential criteria
- Registered mental health nurse with extensive recent clinical experience
- Educated to degree level
- Completion of recognised Supporting Learners in Practice (SLiP) or Practice Assessors study days
- Robust evidence of own personal development, and that of influencing and supporting a learning environment within a team
- Experience in change management
- Audit and research skills
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification or working towards attaining a teaching qualification
- Registered mental health nurse with extensive recent clinical experience
- Educated to degree level
- Completion of recognised Supporting Learners in Practice (SLiP) or Practice Assessors study days
- Robust evidence of own personal development, and that of influencing and supporting a learning environment within a team
- Experience in change management
- Audit and research skills
- Teaching qualification or working towards attaining a teaching qualification
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Practice Nurse Educator
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
We are excited to announce a full time, Band 7, position for a qualified Mental Health Nurse who has a passion for nursing governance, quality and standards, nursing education, to work in collaboration with the Matron.
The Professional Nurse Educator (PNE) will be working in inpatients Dementia Unit and offering support/advice to the Community DOPMHS in collaboration with Matron and Head of Nursing
Main duties of the job
The overarching aim of the PNE is to facilitate in a supernumerary capacity, supporting the clinical, professional, and educational development of mental health nursing workforce colleagues (including but not limited to registered nurses, learners on nursing apprenticeships, internationally educated nurses, student nurses and healthcare support workers). On occasions there may be a need to travel further afield; in discussion with their line manager and Head of Nursing ( Community) as part of their individual training requirements for the role.
The PNE will be responsible for the development, delivery, and evaluation of a programme of clinically relevant practice education to support the professional development of the mental health nursing in the Dementia Inpatient Unit, with a specific focus on enabling the delivery of high-qualit
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