Job summary
The post-holder will be an experienced, knowledgeable practitioner who provides clinically based practice development and education to the nursing workforce. They will role model best, evidence-based professional practice. Clinical education support for all in the clinical environment is a substantial part of this role. The role will comprise 50% clinical practice and 50% education, working alongside the Band 7 Clinical Educator.

The Clinical Educator will identify and support the learning needs of their clinical area. The Clinical Educator is key to ensuring the clinical area is a positive learning environment through acting as an expert resource, ensuring local training resources are appropriate and up-to-date, and working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and senior colleagues.

Main duties of the job

• Work clinically and take charge of the department.
• Act as an exemplary role model for best clinical practice and Trust values
• Work alongside learners to facilitate their independent learning
• Work to an agreed job plan to maximise education delivery to support staff and patient safety/experience.
• Manage their own time to ensure a balance between clinical education and education administrative activities
• Actively promote and contribute to an inter-professional learning environment
• Deliver education programmes at a variety of levels and where required cross divisionally in support of organisational priorities.
• Work as part of the local and corporate practice development teams
• Assist in anticipating and addressing the educational needs of the service
• Work across boundaries to proactively develop and sustain partnerships
• Participate in audit, service improvement and research projects relevant to the clinical educator role

About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Details

• Date posted: 08 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum/pro-rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 321-MRC-8071769-B6
• Job locations: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU

Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for both Clinical Educator and Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse.

Please do not hesitate to contact us to organise an informal visit or if you have any questions about this role.

Person Specification
Education, Training, Qualifications and Experience

• UK Health related recognised Degree, relevant to post
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of NMC revalidation
• Appropriate period of post-registration acute nursing experience
• Evidence of specialist knowledge appropriate to the clinical area or practice development and education
• Familiar with and able to effectively use common office software suites (e.g. MS Office)
• Evidence of experience and qualifications in supervising and assessing colleagues and learners
• Evidence of study at level 7

clinical practice

• Experience or working within emergency medicine

Values and Behaviours

• Demonstrates the ability to put patients at the heart of what they do and meet differing needs by fostering a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork
• Shows pride in the quality of care they provide for patients and provides evidence of learning from both successes and setbacks
• Able to identify high standards of health care and demonstrate the proven capacity to champion change and innovation that delivers these high standards
• Evidences the ability to proactively support and develop colleagues in the delivery of care commensurate with Trust values and behaviours
• Able to identify the role of education in fulfilling these values and demonstrates a passion for education in this context

Clinical Practice

• Articulate and knowledgeable regarding skills needed to deliver a high standard of care in the area of practice
• Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role and identify when to appropriately escalate/seek assistance
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team
• Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc. accurately, and effectively communicate these to appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Able to proactively contribute to the education of learners and non-registered and less experienced staff

Leadership and Management

• Excellent communication skills
• Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
• Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team leaders/ward manager/unit co-ordinator
• Acts as a role model and able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice
• Able to supervise non-registered and registered colleagues to ensure effective care delivery
• Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
• Evidence of ability to delegate to and manage colleagues
• Able to balance competing priorities within their workload

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: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Address: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
• Employer's website: https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

• For questions about the job, contact: Childrens Lead Nurse in Emergency Medicine, Joanne Soper
• Email: joanne.soper@ouh.nhs.uk
• Telephone: 01865221909