Education Practitioner Learning Disabilities | Barts Health NHS Trust


Company:	Barts Health NHS Trust
Salary:	£58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inc
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, E1 4DG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	10 Nov 2026
Closing date:	10 Dec 2026

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Summary

Advert:Band 7 Education Practitioner, Post Graduate Education Team.

Contract type:Substantive

Working pattern:1.0 WTE (Full-time)

Site:Trust wide

Education Practitioner (Learning Disabilities & Autism)

The Post Graduate Education Team has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated practitioner with a passion for education to join our team as an Education Practitioner (Learning Disabilities & Autism).

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care while supporting the professional development of staff across the trust. In this role, you will support the design, delivery, and evaluation of high-quality learning and development opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skills, and confidence of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), and the wider multidisciplinary workforce in providing outstanding care for people with learning disabilities and autism across Barts Health NHS Trust.

The purpose of the role is to contribute to the Trust wide development of high-quality education for Bart’s Health. Supporting the Education Academy, Learning Disability and Trust wide teams in the delivery of high-quality training and development to enable excellent patient care.

The role holder will have a particular focus on:

1. Liaising with Trust wide teams to support the academy with training needs analysis in relation to care of service users with learning disabilities and autism in physical health settings.

2. The development and delivery of Barts Health learning disabilities and autism education including but not limited to online learning, in person and online contemporaneous sessions, modules and programmes of learning. This may involve collaboration with external institutions and organisations to accredit offers or delivery in partnership.

3. Evaluate the impact of the learning disabilities focused development programs to ensure improvements in practice are realised. Collaborate closely with patient safety teams to support this work.

4. Provision of ongoing supervision, coaching, reflective practice and support structures to ensure learning is embedded in practice.

5. Evaluating the value of externally offered programmes and if considered beneficial working in partnership with provider to ensure fit for purpose for Barts Health, implemented effectively and evaluated.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Nov 2026

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