Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Home First Learning & Development Practitioner
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This is an exciting opportunity to join Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust at a pivotal time as we launch our new countywide Home First service on 1 September 2026.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated registered practitioner to support the learning, development and clinical growth of our workforce, helping to ensure staff have the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver outstanding care to people in their own homes. Working closely with the Practice and Learning Facilitator and Home First leadership team, you will play a key role in developing staff, supporting competency assessment, facilitating clinical learning and contributing to the delivery of a high-quality, person-centred service.
This role offers the opportunity to influence and shape a brand-new service, working alongside a diverse multidisciplinary team while promoting continuous improvement, professional development and excellence in patient care.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of an innovative new Home First service from its first day of operation.
- Help shape the development and future success of a growing workforce.
- Work within a supportive multidisciplinary team committed to delivering outstanding care closer to home.
- Play a key role in improving patient outcomes and supporting people to remain independent within their communities.
- Access opportunities for professional development, leadership experience and service improvement work.
- Support the delivery of clinical education, induction and competency-based learning programmes for staff across the Home First workforce.
- Contribute to the development of a skilled, competent and confident workforce through training, coaching and workplace-based assessment.
- Assess, monitor and support staff undertaking work-based competencies within your professional scope of practice.
- Undertake observational visits to support competency sign-off, development and quality assurance.
- Work collaboratively with the Band 6 Practice and Learning Facilitator, Home First Leads and multidisciplinary colleagues to identify learning needs and develop staff capability.
- Support the induction, onboarding and ongoing development of new members of staff throughout their probationary period.
- Promote evidence-based practice and maintain awareness of current NHS priorities, research and best practice relevant to Home First and community care.
- Build effective relationships with colleagues, education providers and partner organisations to maximise learning opportunities and workforce development.
- Champion high standards of patient care, professional practice, health and safety, and organisational values across the service.
- Support apprentices, students and learners undertaking healthcare programmes in partnership with practice education and widening participation teams.
- Travel across Gloucestershire to deliver training and support staff working in a variety of community settings.
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We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
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Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Gemma Watkins
- Job title: Community Manager
- Email address: Gemma.Watkins@ghc.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07580971459
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