clinical educator

Queen Elizabeth Hospital; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Educator to join the Education Faculty. The role focuses on supporting the quality of the clinical learning environment for nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals, and providing education input across pre-registration programmes.

You will deliver teaching sessions, support supervisors and assessors, and help integrate theory and practice within urgent care and medical settings, contributing to a

Qualifications

• Educate and train staff and learners within pre-registration programmes.
• Provide professional and clinical practice training.
• Promote learning culture and lifelong learning within the clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Model high professional standards of care and promote a culture of learning.
• Be a visible practice presence in clinical learning environments and support staff and learners.
• Provide support to assessors, supervisors and learners on programmes.
• Facilitate integration of theory and practice within clinical settings.

Skills

Education support

Staff development

Clinical teaching

Supervision & assessment

Job description

A Vacancy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to join the Education Faculty. The Clinical Educator post will provide education support the Division of Emergency Care & Medicine

As a Clinical Educator, you will support the quality of the clinical learning environment for non-medical learners and trust staff i.e. Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals by providing support, educational input and development activities for staff, supervisors, assessors and those learners within pre-registration programmes. You will encourage the development of a learning culture where both education and lifelong learning are seen as integral to clinical practice and will positively contribute to the development of a workforce fit for purpose.

As a clinical educator you will be expected to:

• Model high professional standards of care and promote a culture of learning, to provide professional and clinical practice training.
• Be a visible practice presence in the clinical learning environments within the urgent care settings providing support to staff and learners to enable them to achieve their learning objectives.
• Provide support to those assessing and supervising staff/students/ learners on a range of programmes.
• Assist supervisors, assessors, practice educators and departmental managers to facilitate the integration of theory and practice within the clinical environment for a variety of learners.
• Maintain accurate records of training, assessment and support provided, and provide reports as requested.
• Work in clinical practice with staff who require support and development
• Support the induction and onboarding process for new registrants in the clinical area.
• Assist staff with access to supervisor and educator training
• Deliver teaching sessions on a variety of clinical programmes.

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.