Job summary
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The Clinical Educator plays a significant and exciting role in improving the education and skills development of staff, students and people in the wider community. The Clinical Education team are passionate about empowering people to deliver the highest standards of patient care, achieving this through the development and delivery of high-quality evidence-based education, including clinical skills training and provision of mandatory and statutory training, with the aim of supporting improvement in confidence and competence to support safe and effective patient care. The Clinical Educator directly supports local delivery of the NHS People Plan and People Promise, helping to foster a culture of continuous learning, improvement and growth, supporting positive patient and staff experience both now and for the future.

Main duties of the job
The post-holder will support local delivery of the NHS People Plan and People Promise, specifically the domain 'we are always learning', through the provision of high quality education for staff, students and the local population.

Development and delivery of a broad range of education, learning and development activity across all disciplines, encompassing clinical education and clinical skills training, mandatory and statutory training.

Play a key role in the development and delivery of education programmes as part of the Trust's Health and Care Academy.

Provision of training as part of the North Tees & Hartlepool Care Home Education Service.

Support and facilitate specific service improvement projects to deliver demonstrable and sustainable improvements in quality, safety, cost, staff and patient experience.

About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, we want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Details
Date posted: 12 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 345-COR8080364
Job locations: University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick Road, Stockton on Tees, TS19 8PE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Improved clinical competency and confidence amongst staff through effective evidence-based training and assessment.
• Increased compliance with mandatory and statutory training and clinical skills updates.
• Positive evaluation feedback from staff and students to demonstrate effectiveness of training.
• Demonstrable contribution to service improvement and patient safety through education.
• Development of evidence-based educational resources.
• Development and delivery of structured teaching sessions and clinical skills training in line with local, regional and national requirements.
• Development and delivery of bespoke education activity in response to locally and nationally identified patient safety / clinical risks.
• Act as a role model and promote the highest standards of professionalism.
• Flexible approach to teaching style to meet the needs of different learners. This includes recognising when the situation is going well or when there are complications that may lead to issues.
• Prepare and distribute high quality education packages and resources using a broad range of media.
• Create and update lesson plans.
• Conduct training needs analysis, as required.
• Maintain accurate training records including attendance, competencies and evaluation feedback.
• Track mandatory/statutory training compliance in collaboration with the broader education function and clinical services/departments.
• Effectively utilise/manage learning management systems.
• Record and report outcomes from a range of education interventions, audits and evaluations.
• Organise and schedule training delivery.
• Adhere to information governance standards, including confidentiality.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of clinical / health related skills.
• Knowledge of different teaching and learning styles.
• Knowledge of different techniques to assess competence.

Desirable

• Knowledge of national education agenda and initiatives relevant to the NHS

Qualifications
Essential

• Educated to degree level or relevant experience.
• Relevant clinical qualification.
• Registration with a relevant professional body, such as NMC or HCPC.

Desirable

• Advanced clinical skills course or equivalent experience.
• Teaching qualification or willing to work towards.

Experience
Essential

• Significant recent clinical experience.
• Experience of clinical training delivery.
• Assessment of competence.

Desirable

• Post qualification experience in an educational environment, including experience of teaching/facilitation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address: University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick Road, Stockton on Tees, TS19 8PE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Education Lead
Emma Davies
emma.davies92@nhs.net
01642624029

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.