Education Facilitator

Job Summary The Education Facilitator plays a key role in ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based care for babies, children, and young people accessing hospice services. This role combines advanced clinical practice with teaching, supervision, and staff development responsibilities. You will be expected to work a mixture of clinical shifts and educator shifts to support the team to consolidate and develop their skills.

You will support the development of the clinical team through structured education, competency assessment, reflective practice, and ongoing professional development. Working closely with Education and Governance Leads, you will promote a culture of continuous learning, helping to translate learning from incidents, audits, research, and service developments into everyday practice to improve patient care.

Key Responsibilities Clinical Practice Provide expert clinical care to BCYP with complex health needs, including those requiring:
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) Long-term ventilation (LTV) Parenteral nutrition (PN) Deliver safe and competent tracheostomy care, gastrostomy and jejunostomy care, and emergency interventions. Administer IV and subcutaneous medications safely and in line with hospice policies. Demonstrate proficiency in drug administration and complex drug calculations. Provide compassionate, skilled end-of-life and bereavement care to children and families. Act as a clinical role model, promoting best practice and maintaining high standards of care.

There will be occasions where you will be required to deliver teaching and training, as well as carry out clinical assessments, within a childs home environment as part of the service provision. Following the successful completion of your probationary period, you will be expected to participate in the hospice on-call rota.

Education & Training Teach, supervise, and assess staff competency in complex clinical skills, adapting teaching methods to meet diverse learning needs. Support new starters, students, and less experienced staff through structured learning plans and competency sign-off processes. Develop and deliver education programmes, workshops, and clinical updates that support service needs. Ensure all staff have equitable access to learning and development opportunities.

Maintain accurate records of training, competency assessments, and clinical supervision. Facilitate reflective practice and support staff to identify and achieve their learning and development goals.

Quality Improvement & Practice Development Support the dissemination of learning from incidents, audits, complaints, compliments, and service reviews to promote continuous improvement in practice. Contribute to audit activity from a learning and education perspective, supporting staff to implement and sustain improvements identified through audit findings. Provide educational input into policy development and review processes, ensuring staff are supported to understand and implement changes in practice.

Work collaboratively with Education and Governance Leads to identify learning needs arising from service developments, quality improvement initiatives, and emerging evidence. Promote a culture of learning, reflection, and continuous professional development across the hospice. Support the implementation of evidence-based practice and encourage staff engagement with research, quality improvement, and innovation.

Professional Responsibilities Work flexibly across days, nights, and weekends to support service needs and training requirements. Demonstrate reliability and consistency, recognising the importance of signoffs, supervision, and clinical oversight. Maintain own professional development and revalidation requirements. Uphold hospice values and contribute positively to the multidisciplinary team.

General Requirements To behave at all times in line with Haven House values and behaviours To attend staff meetings, training and supervision as required To uphold privacy, dignity and respect for children, families and colleagues To actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion

This job description is not a definitive or exhaustive…