Clinical Educator

Transformationunitgm; Salford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health foundation is looking for a committed Clinical Educator to join their Clinical Skills Training team. The role involves coordinating and delivering training programs for new starters and ensuring the workforce meets clinical skills training needs. This position offers a chance to contribute to effective and safe practice within the NHS.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical practice and classroom formal teaching.
• Experience of developing training packages and being an assessor.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver clinical induction and training programs.
• Develop engaging training packages based on evidence-based research.
• Assess learners to determine their competency.

Skills

Teaching

Training

Clinical Practice

Assessment

Education

Professional Registration

Teaching/Training Qualification

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week (9am- 5pm: Monday to Friday) Open to retire and return practitioners as well.) Job ref 437-7004031

Employer Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Clinical Skills Training team, Nursing and Quality, GMMH Town MANCHESTER Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/05/2025 23:59

Clinical Educator

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a committed, highly motivated, knowledgeable and reliable
registered mental health nurses (RMNs) who has an interest to join the GMMH clinical skills training
team. The post will be based at Prestwich site within Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS
Foundation trust, but there will be some occasional requirement to work across all other sites.
To work with the Clinical Skills Training team, Nursing and Quality Team & the Learning and
Development Team to co-ordinate and deliver clinical induction programme and mental health clinical
skills training across Greater Manchester NHS Foundation Trust footprints to support the Trust’s
training requirements.
The successful applicant will work with the Clinical Skills Training team, Professions and Quality
Team, and the Learning and Development Team, to ensure the Trust carries out its duties with respect to
identifying and delivering the clinical skills training needs of its workforce to assure the workforce
delivers safe and effective care and meets their own training requirements for their scope of practice.
The purpose of the Clinical Skills Training Team is to promote effective and safe practice, through
training, that enables staff to feel confident in delivering the care that is evidenced based and meets
national and local guidelines and standards.

Main duties of the job

To support and assist the Clinical skills training Lead in the planning and
organising of clinical skills training for GMMH clinical workforce.
To work with clinical skills training lead, to co-ordinate, organise, and
deliver the multiprofessional clinical induction programmes to all
registered new starters joining the trust.
Liaise with the Recruitment team regarding new starters who are
registrants and organise the induction programme in line with their
progress through the recruitment checks.
To support and assist the manager to devise both classroom-based
training, virtual and e-learning.
To develop co-produced interactive and engaging training packages and
lesson plans based on evidenced based research that are aligned with
trust polices and procedures.
To have the skills and knowledge to be able to deliver identified clinical
skills training to the clinical workforce.
To deliver identified clinical skills trainings to a consistent, safe and fair
standard in accordance with Trust policy, requirements and standards.
To assess learners to determine their competency to a consistent, safe
and fair standard in accordance with Trust policy, requirements and
standards.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over7000members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

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2

3

4 – 9

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years

Person specification

• professional registration
• Teaching/ training qualification eg: AET

Interview

• Demonstrable experience in clinical practice
• Class room formal teaching experience
• Experience of developing training packages
• Experience of being an assessor
• Experience of scoping training needs

Knowledge and skills

• experience of completing audits audits

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application.The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – clickhere .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 09/04/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.