260574 (SM) Practice Education Facilitator

Job reference:

260574

Salary:

Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)

Job closing date:

07/10/2026

Job Type:

Nursing and Midwifery

Location:

Comely Bank Centre

Employment type:

Permanent

Hours Per Week:

36

Job posted date:

23/09/2026

Employer (NHS Board):

NHS Lothian

Department:

• Clinical Education and Training
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An exciting opportunity to support and quality assure nursing and midwifery pre and post-registration workplace learning within Lothian Health Board area.

Within this role you will facilitate the development of the workplace as a sustainable quality learning environment for all nursing and midwifery professional staff working across all care settings within Lothian Health Board area.

You will support staff to implement the NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment, NMC principles to support anti-racism, and supporting the development and consolidation as Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessors. In addition to supporting pre-registration nursing and midwifery students, you will be involved in supporting Newly Qualified NMC Registered Practitioners both in local areas and by delivering on the Newly Qualified Registrant programme. As a team, we are focused on widening access to nursing and midwifery, you will also be supporting other learners including HNC students, and Open University.

You will contribute to collaborative working between NHS Lothian, Public Services Delivery Scotland and our Higher Education and Further Education partners.

A key aspect of this role is to both support and maximise practice learning capacity whilst maintaining a quality learning environment for every learner.

Applicants must have evidence they are currently working as a Practice Assessor with extensive experience of supporting undergraduate learners.

Informal enquiries to:

• Chris Davis, Senior Practice Education Facilitator
• Email: chris.davis@nhs.scot
• or
• Anita Whyte, Strategic Lead for Practice Education in Nursing & Midwifery
• Email: anita.whyte@nhs.scot

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Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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