Education Liaison Nurse

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY HYWEL DDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD. An exciting opportunity to improve and support pre- registration nurses in an identified service area and ensure the delivery of NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) standards to support the learning and assessment in practice of all learners aspiring to the NMC register.

The postholder will facilitate a high quality of Practice Learning Experience opportunities for pre-registration nurses and newly registered nurses. This will be achieved by providing a consistent programme of support, educational input and development activities for Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessors across the Health Board.

The post holder will work as part of the Nursing Education Liaison Service to maintain and improve key partnership working with Advanced Education Institutes through which students are placed in the health board.

They will contribute to effective communication systems between the Education Liaison Service and senior clinical professional and general managers, ward sisters/charge nurses/team leaders and other clinical colleagues. They will ensure the implications for service settings of developments within educational programmes are made clear, ensuring recommendations for service responses to such changes are discussed and decisions are taken in appropriate professional forums.

Interviews to be held on 27/10/2026.

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals:
  Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth;
  Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen;
  Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals:
  Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire;
  Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres:
  Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 99 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

This role is available part-time for 15 hours a week.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK .

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.