This Clinical Educator post sits in the Education Faculty at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, supporting the Division of Emergency Care & Medicine. The work centres on the learning environment for nursing, midwifery and allied health learners, and the staff who supervise and assess them. Based in urgent care settings, it combines a visible practice presence, teaching sessions and induction for new registrants. Applicants need NMC or HCPC registration and significant post-registration experience, including time in an acute hospital.
What the job involves
- Support the quality of the clinical learning environment for non-medical learners and trust staff
- Model high professional standards and promote a culture of learning in practice
- Maintain a visible presence in urgent care learning environments, supporting staff and learners to meet their objectives
- Support those assessing and supervising learners across programmes
- Help supervisors, assessors, practice educators and managers integrate theory with practice for varied learners
- Keep accurate records of training, assessment and support, and report when asked
- Work in clinical practice alongside staff who need support and development
- Support induction and onboarding of new registrants in the clinical area
- Help staff access supervisor and educator training
- Deliver teaching sessions across clinical programmes
- Support trust-wide clinical training needs
- Provide professional development opportunities
Qualifications
- Degree in a relevant field
- Supervisor and assessor training or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Registered nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register, or clinical professional registered with the HCPC
Experience
- Significant post-registration experience, some at senior Band 5 or Band 6 in an acute hospital setting
- Recent experience of working with students in an acute setting
Skills & knowledge
- Confident and calm manner with the ability to work under pressure
- Effective leadership qualities
Nice to have
- Postgraduate certificate in education or equivalent
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
- Ability to work autonomously, setting and measuring own targets
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
