Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

A Clinical Educator is responsible for supporting the education, training and professional development of healthcare staff to ensure safe, effective, evidence-based patient care. The role combines clinical expertise with teaching and leadership skills to develop staff competence, improve patient outcomes and support service improvement.

Main duties of the job

• Organise, develop and lead the delivery of clinical training programmes to meet the learning needs of the clinical workforce within the specialty.
• Supporting the implementation of the Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Strategy.
• Act as an expert clinical resource to colleagues by guiding practice developments, assessing competence and supporting implementation of policies.
• Demonstrate a problem solving approach to all aspects of the role
• Promote a lifelong learning culture providing a high level of professional leadership for the delivery of workforce development.
• Challenge practice and identify competency issues.
• Support the implementation and sustainability of clinical supervision.
• Ensure production of transparent data and reports from the practice development team.
• Demonstrate professional leadership and uphold high standards of clinical practice.

About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

• Working as a core member of the team you will have responsibility for the overall continuing workforce development of staff within the specialty. You will lead on the non-statutory and mandatory training needs within your speciality area. You will be responsible for the production and delivery of a training needs analysis plan in line with existing national guidance where relevant. You will be responsible for making regular assessments and recommendations based on these needs and guidelines.
• You will act as a clinical and professional role model to maintain and develop exceptional standards of clinical care. You will promote and foster a culture of education and clinical development within the workforce. You will uphold high standards of practice development and clinical supervision.
• You will work alongside other specialities and professional groups to promote and maintain education and clinical development within the workforce

Qualifications
Essential

• Professional registration with NMC/HCPC/GPC (depending on the role advertised)
• Degree level of knowledge or equivalent level of knowledge and / or experience, supplemented by specialist knowledge relevant to the role to masters level or equivalent experience
• Registered mentor
• Post registration qualification relevant to specialty or equivalent experience
• Qualification in teaching, learning and assessing in clinical practice and significant experience of delivering training and education in the clinical setting

Desirable

• Trained clinical supervisor
• Leadership qualification
• Trained coach
• Non-medical prescribing

Experience
Essential

• Significant post registration experience and ability to demonstrate clinical skills, knowledge, credibility and expertise in the specialty.
• Experience of delivering clinical education and development activities
• Evidence of own continuing professional development and its application in the clinical setting to ensure ongoing clinical credibility as an educator

Desirable

• Experience of networking at a regional and National level
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

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. 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).

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