Clinical Educator

Find out about the current vacancies available at the Trust and take the next step in your career with us. 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.

Detailed job description and main 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.
• 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
• Knowledge of clinical / health related skills.
• Knowledge of different teaching and learning styles.
• Knowledge of different techniques to assess competence.
• Knowledge of national education agenda and initiatives relevant to the NHS.
• Qualifications
• Educated to degree level or relevant experience.
• Registration with a relevant professional body, such as NMC or HCPC.
• Advanced clinical skills course or equivalent experience.
• Teaching qualification or willing to work towards.
• Experience
• Experience of clinical training delivery.
• Assessment of competence.
• Post qualification experience in an educational environment, including experience of teaching/facilitation.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Everything we do is shaped by our values: Respect, Support, and Collaborate. At University Hospitals Tees we want our workspaces to be places where everyone feels welcome, valued and safe. We treat people with respect, and we celebrate the differences that make each of us unique. We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, background, race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family circumstances or beliefs.