Clinical Education Support Technician

Countess of Chester Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Chester is seeking a part-time Clinical Education Support Technician to assist in clinical education sessions and maintain educational equipment. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring that all resources needed for teaching and simulation are ready and maintained to the highest standard.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills for smooth education session execution.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Skill in sourcing, maintaining, and repairing medical training equipment.

Responsibilities

• Assist clinical and education staff with setting up education sessions.
• Collaborate within the multidisciplinary team to carry out tasks independently.
• Responsible for sourcing and maintaining training equipment.

Job description

Overview

Working part time: 23 hours per week.

Are you passionate about supporting education and training to ensure skills and simulation are delivered to the highest standard? We are recruiting a highly motivated, organized individual to work as a Clinical Education Support Technician. You will play an important role in supporting clinical staff, ensuring all of the equipment they need for teaching and simulation is ready and well maintained.

Responsibilities

1. To assist all clinical and education staff in the setting up of their education sessions, using excellent communication skills to ensure the smooth running of the training.
2. The post holder will be required to work collaboratively within the multi disciplinary team, they will be asked to carry out tasks without direct supervision.
3. The post holder will be responsible for sourcing, maintaining and repairing equipment, this includes both low and high fidelity mannikins.

About the Trust and locations

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

Other information

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.