Practice Nurse Educator

We are offering an exciting 12-month secondment opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic nurse to join Langley Green Hospital as a Practice Nurse Educator (PNE), supporting our inpatient wards. This role is ideal for someone passionate about developing others, strengthening clinical practice, and shaping high-quality care within a busy mental health hospital. As the Practice Nurse Educator, you will play a key role in building a confident, skilled, and resilient nursing workforce. You will provide hands-on clinical education, support competency development, and help embed evidence-based practice across our wards. Working closely with ward managers, matrons, and the wider MDT, you will lead on training, supervision, and the creation of a positive learning culture that supports safe, therapeutic, and recovery-focused care. This secondment offers a valuable development pathway for nurses aspiring to roles in practice development, leadership, or clinical education. You will have the opportunity to influence service quality, support staff wellbeing, and contribute to continuous improvement across the hospital. If you are committed to high standards of care, enjoy supporting others to grow, and want to make a meaningful impact on inpatient services, we would love to hear from you., Your main duties will include:

• Delivering high-quality clinical skills training tailored to the needs of acute mental health wards.
• Supporting staff to achieve and maintain required competencies, including risk management, and therapeutic engagement
• Providing coaching and teaching to enhance confidence and capability in day-to-day practice
• Offering structured clinical supervision and mentorship to nursing staff and students
• Supporting newly appointed staff through a robust induction and early-career development programme
• Acting as a visible, accessible point of support to guide safe and effective practice
• Contributing to quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing patient experience, safety, and outcomes
• Supporting audit activity, learning from incidents, and embedding evidence-based practice
• Working with ward managers and matrons to identify training needs and address gaps in practice
• Helping to build a positive learning culture that values professional growth, reflective practice, and continuous improvement
• Supporting career development pathways and encouraging staff to work confidently
• Promoting consistency, reducing variation, and strengthening the overall skill-mix across the inpatient workforce
• Working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure training aligns with service priorities and patient needs
• Contributing to service development projects that enhance the safety, quality, and therapeutic environment of the wards, The postholder will work closely with ward teams, matrons, and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality education, coaching, and clinical support. You will help create a positive learning culture, ensuring staff feel confident, competent, and well-supported in their roles.
  
  Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  At SPFT we put people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You'll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it's part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we'll explore what works for you and the role. We recognise that tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn't based on your real experience. Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we'll explore your examples further at interview, so it's important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page. We're shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we'd love to hear from you., Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) is a caring, forward-thinking and inclusive organisation committed to improving the lives of people with mental health difficulties. We are proud of our strong learning culture, our focus on staff wellbeing, and our commitment to delivering high-quality, compassionate care. As a Trust, we value innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement, and we actively support our staff to develop, grow and achieve their career aspirations. Our wards at Langley Green Hospital are supported by dedicated multidisciplinary teams who work together to create a safe, therapeutic and recovery-focused environment. Staff benefit from a supportive leadership team, strong professional networks, and a culture that encourages reflective practice, shared learning and high standards of clinical care. By joining us on this 12-month secondment as a Practice Nurse Educator, you will become part of a Trust that invests in its people and values the contribution of every member of staff. You will have access to professional development opportunities, supportive supervision, and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the quality of care delivered within our inpatient services.