Job Description

We currently have an exciting vacancy for a Regional Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) to work across primary care services in North Wales. The role is advertised as a full-time (37.5 hours) Band 7 secondment opportunity until 31.03.26, due to funding.



The post is open to registered nurses with a background in education or training in a clinical practice environment. Post holders work with the HEIW Head of Placement Experience and Improvement and HEIW Primary and Community Care Education & Training Team to facilitate regional plans to expand placement opportunities for nursing students in GP Surgeries and local neighbourhood services across Wales. Engaging with HEIW, Welsh Universities, local Primary Care Academies, relevant Health Boards, and wider stakeholders, the postholder will oversee agreed targeted increases of nursing student placements within designated regions of responsibility and explore further interprofessional learning opportunities. HEIW is seeking highly motivated, committed, and creative individual, who shares an ambition to work collaboratively to help drive practice learning placements in the primary care sector.



The post holder will be responsible for the delivery and day-to-day operation of plans to open up nursing student placements in GP Surgeries in the North Wales region. They will work with designated GP Surgeries, HEIW, Welsh Universities, local Primary Care Academies, Health Boards, and operational support staff working within the remit of the programme, in planning and coordinating required tasks, projects or programmes of work.



They will work closely with internal partners and external stakeholders to build and maintain strong working relationships to ensure the continued success and further development of pre-registration nursing student placement experiences in primary and community care.



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



This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity only. If you wish to apply, you must have your line manager's approval before making an application. This post is for a fixed secondment period but may be extended or made permanent at the end of the secondment period depending on available funding and business requirement.



Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.



HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:



Respect for All in every contact we have with others, Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving, Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary, compassionate leadership, a meaningful values based performance appraisal process, the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?



You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac