Lead Practice Educator - Theatres

Kettering, England, United Kingdom

6/10/2025

We are seeking a compassionate and highly motivated individual who acts as a role model and has strong leadership skills to direct our Education and Training function for staff across within our theatres. We are committed to professional and personal development of our team enabling all staff to fulfil their potential and deliver our ambitions.

Applications are invited from Allied Health Professionals (AHP) or nurses with a passion for clinical education and practice development with the drive to ensure that all the member of our teams experience is of high quality, safe, and fit for purpose support.

You will support and coordinate the development of Registered Nurses, Health Care Assistants and both pre and post registration nursing/ODP students by arranging educational activities and assessments of learning within the department.

This role will develop training programmes to standardize practice and ensure that quality is at the centre of everything we do for our patients and to support the wider multidisciplinary team.

The post holder must have the ability to work as part of a team as well as being able to work autonomously. The role requires an ability to act as an expert resource, provider and role model within clinical areas with a flexible and adaptable approach, responding to the demands within the Trust.

You will share clinical skills and knowledge in collaboration with educational plans, to ensure on-going clinical competency validation, alongside core skills and essential education for clinical staff. The role will focus on improving quality and efficiency in clinical care, through education, to enhance positive patient care outcomes. In addition to delivering classroom based education, there is an expectation that the successful candidate will work with clinical staff in the operating theatre department to ensure that competency assessments are carried out in a timely manner to improve patient care.

Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in the practice setting and excellent communication skills are essential for this role. Willingness to pursue a Master's level qualification in education will also be expected if the applicant is not already working towards this qualification.

• Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications**
  
  

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage
  
  

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Natalie Reynolds Job title: Theatre Matron Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01536 491066

Any questions or for an informal visit please contact Natalie Reynolds Theatre Matron on 01536 491066.