At a Glance
- Tasks: Inspire and develop future clinical leaders through engaging education and mentorship.
- Company: Join Fairlie Healthcare Group, a leader in neurological rehabilitation and complex care.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, paid breaks, free meals, and generous annual leave.
- Other info: Be part of a supportive team focused on innovation and clinical excellence.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patient outcomes while shaping the next generation of nurses.
- Qualifications: Registered Nurse with ITU or HDU experience and a passion for teaching.
The predicted salary is between 37610 - 45968 £ per year.
At Fairlie Healthcare Group, education isn't simply about delivering mandatory training. It's about developing confident, highly skilled clinicians who provide exceptional care to people living with complex neurological conditions. We're looking for an experienced Registered Nurse, with ITU or HDU experience to the level where you can competently teach complex procedures, who is passionate about clinical excellence and enjoys coaching others, but who is equally confident holding high standards, assessing competence and improving practice where it matters most.
About Fairlie Healthcare Group
Fairlie Healthcare Group is one of London's leading providers of specialist neurological rehabilitation and complex care. Our patients require highly skilled nursing care, including:
- Tracheostomy management
- Mechanical ventilation
- Airway suctioning
- Cough Assist therapy
- PEG feeding and complex nutritional support
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Long-term complex nursing care
To provide exceptional care, we invest heavily in developing our workforce and our Nurse Trainers are central to that mission.
The Role
You’ll work alongside our Learning & Development and Clinical Leadership teams to develop Nurses, Senior Healthcare Assistants and Care Assistants across our services. This role combines education, clinical leadership, mentorship and governance. You’ll spend time building and delivering engaging teaching sessions, supporting staff in practice, assessing competencies, identifying learning needs and helping managers raise clinical standards across the centre. This is a highly visible role where you’ll build trusted relationships while maintaining high expectations for safe, evidence-based practice.
What You'll Be Doing
- Deliver high-quality clinical education using classroom, simulation and bedside learning
- Assess, mentor and sign off clinical competencies
- Support the development of newly recruited nurses
- Deliver specialist training in:
- Tracheostomy care
- Mechanical ventilation
- Airway management
- Cough Assist
- PEG care
- Dysphagia awareness
- Complex neurological care
- Support career development pathways from Care Assistant through to Registered Nurse
- Work alongside managers to identify learning needs and improve clinical practice
- Support investigations, learning reviews and quality improvement initiatives where education can improve outcomes
- Help maintain mandatory training compliance and competency standards
- Contribute to the development of new education programmes and clinical resources
About You
We’re looking for someone who is clinically credible, approachable and passionate about developing others.
Essential
- Registered Nurse with a current NMC PIN
- ITU or HDU experience to the level where you can competently teach complex procedures
- Significant experience caring for adults with complex clinical needs
- Strong knowledge of tracheostomy, ventilation and airway management
- Experience supporting, mentoring or developing clinical staff
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Confident assessing clinical competence and providing constructive feedback
- Able to influence practice through coaching, education and positive challenge
We'd love to see
- Practice Assessor or Practice Supervisor experience
- Previous clinical education or teaching experience
- Teaching qualification (or willingness to work towards one)
- Experience within neurological rehabilitation, spinal injury, respiratory or complex care services
Why Join Fairlie?
At Fairlie, learning and development is a strategic priority, not an afterthought. You’ll join an ambitious Learning & Development team that’s transforming clinical education through structured career pathways, competency-based development, simulation training and leadership programmes. Your work will directly influence patient safety, staff confidence and the quality of care delivered every day.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Paid breaks
- Free meal on shift
- Generous annual leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Ongoing CPD and professional development
- Opportunities to develop your own education portfolio
- A supportive leadership team committed to innovation and clinical excellence
- Exciting new employee benefits launching throughout the year
Please Note: Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Applicants must already have full right to work in the UK.
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Contact Details:
The Fairlie Healthcare Group Recruitment Team
