# Practice Educator - Lead

About The Role Practice Educator - Lead | OSCE Trainer - Return to Practice Location: Northampton Help experienced healthcare professionals return to the NHS and get back to doing what they do best. Are you an experienced clinical educator who is passionate about developing healthcare professionals and supporting their journey back into practice? This is an exciting opportunity to use your expertise to build confidence, develop clinical skills and help shape the next chapter of experienced healthcare professionals’ careers. NHS Professionals is looking for a Clinical Education Lead - Return to Practice to lead the development and delivery of our Test of Competence Return to Practice Programme within the NHS Professionals Academy. You’ll play a key role in supporting experienced clinicians to regain their professional registration, rebuild their confidence and successfully return to clinical practice. About the role Working within the NHS Professionals Academy, you will provide clinical, educational and operational leadership for the Return to Practice Programme, including NMC Test of Competence preparation (OSCE and CBT) and preceptorship support. You will lead a dedicated team of

- **Id**: 3830527
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nhs-professionals-practice-educator-lead>
- **Role**: Education
- **Role family**: Education
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Northampton, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T10:32:18Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T06:56:37Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5042
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Healthcare Staffing

## Company

- **Id**: 1860229
- **Name**: NHS Professionals
- **Domain**: nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nhsprofessionals>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eploy

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T19:22:05Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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