We are excited to announce the launch of our new Leicestershire and Rutland Sexual Health Service and are looking for a Band 7 Practice Educator to join our team starting April 1, 2025.The Leicestershire and Rutland Sexual Health Hub are advertising this newly created role that will be a critical function for developing and embedding a high standard of practice education across sexual health both with an internal and external focus. As a Band 7 Practice Educator, working 19 hours per week, you will focus on improving and enhancing professional education and clinical training across the Leicestershire and Rutland Sexual Health Hub including GP, Pharmacy professionals and the broader workforce. Including but not limited to, training for Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) competency and developing competencies in other areas, i,e school nursing services, health visitors, and providing best practice guidance for non-clinical colleagues. As a Practice Educator you will advocate for the importance of Practice Education, representing the team at meetings with key stakeholders. You will prioritise following best practices and staying up to date with the latest guidance in the field, taking a flexible approach to meet the evolving needs of the service.In addition to your educational responsibilities, you may also provide some clinical hours as a Sexual Health Nurse, with the distribution of these duties based on the needs of the service and the training requirements of staff and partners.You will also work closely with the hub teams and outreach team and with external stakeholders to ensure cohesion and will develop a clear joined up training plan in collaboration with teams that is evidenced based and aligns and supports to local training needs and identify any gaps and unmet training knowledge required to instill sexual health key messages. This role has no Line Management responsibilities If you think that you have the passion and drive to fulfil this exciting role it would be great to hear from you. If you would like any additional information or would like further discussion please contact Kerrie Beasley- General Manager at - Kerrie.Beasley@hcrgcaregroup.com Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Practice Educator within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Salary of AFC Band 7 £46,148 - £52,809 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditionsFree tea and coffee at your base locationMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionMain ResponsibilitiesWork closely with the Strategic Lead, to assist in identifying key partners who would benefit from Sexual Health Education and Training, and support expansion of system resilience and capacityWork specifically with Primary Care and Pharmacy providers and identified secondary care areas in the development of competency-based training in Sexual Health for STI screening and contraception provision, including LARC delivery.Ensure the educational/development needs of the Clinicians are identified and an individualised education programme is developed and implemented in partnership via a learning contract. Develop and deliver sexual health education programs and workshops for individuals, groups, and communities.Provide accurate and evidence-based information on topics such as safe sex practices, contraception, STI prevention, and consent.Create and distribute educational materials and resources on sexual health topics.Undertake all formal assessments both academic and practical to ensure all delegates are competent in skills and knowledge, to support the delegate to achieve letter of competency from FSRH.To monitor the Clinician’s progress throughout any practical placement, liaising with the staff as appropriate.In conjunction with Strategic Lead, work closely with identified community areas to develop delivery of Sexual Health via outreach provision and or support to their workforce.Work closely with the Strategic Lead to develop pathways for robust referral /and or communication in and out of the servicePlease see the attached job description for a full list of responsibilities for this role.The Ideal CandidateRegistered Nurse Competencies in Contraception and LARC fitter/removal qualification Experience in training and development FSRH Faculty Registered Trainer Qualification Good understanding of current public health issues Clear understanding of Contraception needs and training, in GP/Pharmacy environmentClear understanding of integrated and multidisciplinary working, and leadership skillsCollect, analyse and interpret public health and local data and communicate findings to others in a relevant way Although not essential, having a post graduate training in relevant field and nurse prescriber qualification is desirable.Please see the attached person specification for a full list of requirements. About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. 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