Practice Placements Lead - Nursing

FTE: 0.5 fte (18.5 hours per week)

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Salary: UH9 £58,225 to £69,488 pro rata pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience

Annual Leave: 35 days pro rata plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location: College Lane Campus, Hatfield 

At the University of Hertfordshire, we take pride in our outstanding nursing programmes, which consistently rank among the best in the region and the UK.  Our learners benefit from state-of-the-art facilities in our Clinical Simulation Centre, which replicates real hospital and community settings, providing hands-on, immersive training experiences. 

Main duties and responsibilities

This is a pivotal role for the Department, dedicated to ensuring that students and learners have access to high quality practice placements which are compliant with NMC requirements. The post holder will be the key link between placement providers, the Department and the Practice Placements Administrative team. 

You will be actively monitoring placement capacity across the provision and liaising with relevant internal and external colleagues to predict and address capacity shortfall.

You will lead and participate in the identification and establishment of new placements, working closely with practice partners, and be innovative and creative in approach to placement expansion within the NHS as well as the Private, Voluntary and Independent Organisations (PVIO), whilst maintaining relevant standards and regulatory requirements, and liaise with senior School personnel regarding professional body requirements and UH governance. 

Skills and experience required

This role calls for strong organisational and interpersonal skills, along with a solid understanding of placement learning. You will have experience of teaching and analysing data sets to inform your leadership in placement capacity planning

You will have experience working independently, managing priorities, and meeting deadlines, with a background in the health and social care sector and a sound understanding of its practices. Excellent communication, written, verbal, and listening, will be key, along with the ability to build relationships, and influence stakeholders while maintaining compliance.

Qualifications required

You will have a postgraduate qualification or equivalent in nursing or a relevant field, or significant experience and will be registered with the NMC. 

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE

Our commitment to the University’s Safeguarding Policy requires that the recruitment of staff in this area, will require the minimum of a Basic DBS Check. In the course of our work and University-led activities, there may be external contractual obligations where a further Enhanced Check is required. DBS checks may require renewal in line with policy.

Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad
Successful applicants who have lived outside the UK, for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total), in the last 10 years, will be required to produce a ‘Certificate of Good Character/Conduct’ from each of those countries. 

Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal. 

Please note, this post cannot be visa sponsored unless you can evidence a good honours first degree plus a PhD / Doctorate. A criminal record check may also be required. 

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Ceri Baker, Interim Head of Department email: c.baker3@herts.ac.uk tel no: 07463 641343 

Closing Date: 16 November 2025

Reference Number: REQ000293

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