Practice Education Facilitator; PEF - Integrated Discharge Service

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Are you passionate about developing others and improving patient care through high‑quality discharge practice? As the Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) within the Integrated Discharge Service (IDS) at North Bristol NHS Trust, you’ll shape how our workforce grows, learns and delivers for our patients.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence service quality, support staff across all levels, and drive a culture of continuous learning and compassion. Working within a dynamic multidisciplinary environment, you will help ensure patients experience safe, timely and effective discharge planning.

If you’re motivated by developing people, enhancing practice and making a meaningful difference to patient flow and outcomes, we would love you to join our forward‑thinking IDS team.

In This Role, You Will

• Lead education, training and development initiatives for IDS staff, including structured induction, competency development and ongoing coaching.
• Support staff at all levels to build confidence and capability in complex discharge planning.
• Work closely with IDS operational leads, ward teams and community partners to identify learning needs and deliver high‑quality educational support.
• Provide supervision, mentorship and assessment to ensure safe, effective and evidence‑based discharge practice.
• Promote a positive learning culture, champion best practice and contribute to quality improvement across the service.

• Strong teaching, coaching or facilitation skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in discharge planning within an acute setting.
• The ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• A passion for developing others and improving patient outcomes.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building  are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

As the Practice Education Facilitator, you will play a central role in supporting the delivery of safe, evidence‑based discharge practice across the Integrated Discharge Service.

Key responsibilities include:

• Plan, deliver and evaluate induction and development programmes for new and existing staff.
• Provide one‑to‑one coaching, mentoring and skills development using adult learning principles.
• Support the creation, implementation and review of competency frameworks and educational resources.
• Facilitate a variety of learning opportunities, including simulation, case‑based…