The Blended Education and Training Department are recruiting a part-time educator (30 hours per week) into the Careers and Apprenticeship Team.
As our Widening Participation Facilitator, you will facilitate inclusive, accessible and responsive pastoral support for the employees across the Trust.
Who are we looking for?
- Senior Healthcare or Therapy Support Worker
- A skilled educator with insight into healthcare
The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, able to work in a range of learning environments including the classroom and the clinical area.
You will have experience and insight of current healthcare and be able to adapt your teaching style to the needs of your learner.
Creativity and innovation will be a key part of your approach to this role so that you can inspire and develop our clinical and non‑clinical band 2‑4 workforce.
You will be able to demonstrate how you can problem solve, and reach out to under‑represented groups, those from disadvantaged backgrounds, school leavers and those in long‑term unemployment to join and develop a career in the NHS.
Base Location: The Role will require cross site working between Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals.
Interview Date: Friday 8th May 2026
You will need to have a flexible approach to your work and be comfortable with cross site working.
Contribute to the design, coordination and delivery of the following education programmes
- Healthcare Support Worker Induction
- Higher Development Award
- Care Certificate competency assessments
Organise and deliver the following widening participation and vocational activities
- Career Development Drop‑ins
- Personal statement and interview skills workshops
- Career progression workshops
- Community outreach
- Introduction to Healthcare for school leavers
- Support Worker Conference
- Moving and Handling Level 2
- Functional Skills Maths and English Level 2
- T‑Level placements
Your day to day role and scope includes
- Work with learners across the workforce to provide one‑to‑one pastoral support and individualised feedback
- Meet with learners and carry out a range of clinical and non‑clinical assessments on a regular basis to enable the learner to complete training requirements in a timely manner
- Enable fair access to career progression and widening participation opportunities for education and training for the workforce
- Support the Band 2‑4 and Career Development Educator in delivering various education and training programmes
- Reporting into the Senior Educator, facilitate the delivery of literacy and numeracy education and widening participation education opportunities, including Functional Skills Maths and English at Level 2
- Deliver Moving and Handling Level 2 training as required and to local and national governance standards (full training provided)
- Contribute to and deliver education activities to encourage widening participation, ensuring it is accessible for those with learning differences and diverse learning needs
- Escalate areas of concern observed in practice or during education activities to the 2‑4 Senior Educator and ward clinical leaders as appropriate
- Provide career development and role progression advice in line with the Trust's Widening Participation and Career Development Strategy
- Support the delivery of outreach initiatives relating to The Prince’s Trust, T‑Levels, NHS Cadets, Kickstart Scheme etc.
- Promotes and facilitates nurturing, supportive, inclusive and accessible learning environments with a focus on learning differences and equal opportunities
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Apr 2026
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