Job summary
Are you a Registered Children's Nurse who is passionate about developing others and shaping the future workforce?

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Registered Children's Nurse to join our Learning and Workforce Development team as a Senior Educator - Clinical.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the development of current and future Children's Nursing professionals across Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. Working as part of a forward-thinking education team, you will support the planning, delivery and evaluation of learning and workforce development activities that help learners and staff achieve their full potential.

You will play an important role in creating positive learning experiences, supporting workforce development priorities and helping to ensure children's services have a skilled, confident and compassionate workforce that can meet the needs of children, young people and their families, now and in the future.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across clinical services, education providers, healthcare organisations and wider system partners, you will help deliver innovative and responsive education opportunities that support both organisational priorities and the changing needs of the healthcare workforce.

If you are passionate about education, enjoy building relationships and want to influence the future of Children's Nursing, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
As a Senior Educator focused on Children's Nursing learners and staff, you will support the delivery of high-quality education and workforce development across a range of services.

Working closely with clinical teams, learners, universities and wider stakeholders, you will plan, deliver and evaluate educational activities that support learner development, workforce priorities and excellent patient care. You will provide educational support to Children's Nursing learners and staff, helping to create positive learning experiences and environments where individuals can develop and achieve their potential.

Using your clinical expertise and educational skills, you will design and deliver engaging learning experiences using a range of teaching techniques and educational approaches. This will include face-to-face teaching, simulation-based learning, skills development, coaching and support in practice settings, as well as the use of digital and blended learning modalities to meet the needs of diverse learners.

As part of a collaborative Learning and Workforce Development team, you will work flexibly across a range of specialist programmes and projects, building strong partnerships with colleagues across Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, higher education institutions and external partners to support the delivery of innovative, high-quality education and training.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number: 387-TS4507-MF

Person Specification
Education and qualifications

• Essential: Degree-level education or equivalent level in an appropriate subject or relevant experience at this level
• Essential: Registered children's nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration.
• Essential: Recognised teaching and assessing qualification at level 6/7 or willingness to work towards
• Essential: Evidence of recent relevant continuing professional development
• Desirable: MH04 or equivalent manual handling trainer qualification.
• Desirable: Level 3 Award in Education and Training
• Desirable: Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA)
• Desirable: Level 4 Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice (IQA)
• Desirable: Evidence of coaching training and/or qualification

Skills, knowledge and abilities

• Essential: Understanding of learning theory and the ability to apply it to a large, complex organisation.
• Essential: Demonstrates an up-to-date knowledge of relevant research, local and national policies, and guidelines
• Essential: Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• Essential: Ability to analyse and present complex information to make informed decisions
• Essential: Strong IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and familiarity with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint for collaboration and digital learning.

Experience

• Essential: Supervision and assessment of learners across different programmes and professions, including supporting progression
• Essential: Experience of working in a senior or educator capacity within learning and development, and/or in a clinical service or education institution.
• Essential: Experience working in complex or fast-paced environments.
• Essential: Experience in quality improvement, audit, or evaluation within an education setting.
• Essential: Experience of working in partnership with Education Providers to support learner progress and undertake audits.
• Essential: Recent clinical experience or working within clinical environment (within last 5 years)
• Essential: Experience of delivering in situ education and training, including simulation.
• Desirable: Experience managing or coordinating training programmes
• Desirable: Experience in training delivery for a range of programmes.

Personal attributes

• Essential: Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills
• Essential: Ability to work autonomously and effectively as part of a diverse team, demonstrating proactive and inclusive behaviour
• Essential: Self-motivated, flexible, adaptable and solution-focused.
• Essential: Consistently role-models professional behaviour with a calm, confident, and compassionate approach.
• Essential: Embraces and is responsive to change, working flexibly, creatively, and resourcefully
• Essential: Resilient, with the emotional maturity to manage challenging or sensitive situations.

Other factors

• Essential: There is an expectation that the postholder will work flexibly across multiple locations within the Bristol NHS Foundation Trust as required. This may include attending meetings, supporting service delivery, or collaborating with teams across sites (reasonable travel with expenses).

Employer contact details
Questions about the job, contact: Alexandra Hurst, Learner Experience and Progress Senior Manager, Alexandra.Hurst@uhbw.nhs.uk, 07849259882

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).