Practice Placements Lead

Salary

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

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Part Time

Job category/type

Academic/Research

Job reference

REQ000293

Post Title:Practice Placements Lead - Nursing

SBU/Department: School of Health Medicine and Life sciences. Department of Nursing Health and Wellbeing.

FTE: 0.5 fte (18.5 hours per week)

Duration of Contract: Permanent

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

Join Our Award-Winning Nursing Team

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.

Our nursing programmes are accredited by the NMC and lead to registration as a nurse on the NMC register. This role will focus on the strategic overview, quality assurance and planning of practice placements across the range of the nursing provision, and liaison with and support of practice partners.

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.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

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: tel no:

Closing Date: 16 November 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Reference Number: REQ000293

Date advert placed: 20 October 2025

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts