Practice Education Trainer | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7720637/432-HR1111-25 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Practice Education Trainer to join our team, based at Colchester Hospital, with flexible working across ESNEFT sites.
Are you passionate about developing people and supporting high-quality patient care?
Do you enjoy teaching, coaching, and role-modelling best practice in clinical environments?
If so, we would love to hear from you.
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiasticPractice Education Trainer (Band 4)to join our Clinical Education Team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the development, recruitment, onboarding, and retention of our non-registered workforce, including Healthcare Support Workers, Assistant Practitioners, apprentices, and Further Education learners.
What you’ll be doing:
• Supporting the delivery of education and training programmes for Band 2–4 clinical staff
• Delivering clinical skills training and supporting completion of theCare Certificateand Trust competencies
• Providing 1:1 practice-based support and role modelling best practice in clinical areas
• Supporting FE students and apprentices on placement within the Trust
• Working collaboratively with ward teams, Practice Educators, and the wider Clinical Education Team
• Maintaining accurate records and contributing to evaluation and quality improvement of education programmes
• To support the development and delivery of relevant training programmes within the clinical education team.
• To provide education and practice support to apprentices in practice (i.e. Trainee Nursing Associates, Assistant Practitioners and Healthcare Support worker apprentices)
• To support the Clinical Education team to deliver identified education programmes
• To provide support to Further Education students on placement with the Trust
• To facilitate non-registrants to achieve their National Care Certificate and relevant Trust competencies
• To support the Clinical Education to deliver identified clinical skills training
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026