Clinical Educator

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a paediatric education lead to provide essential support in education, training, and practice development. The role includes leading training across sites, managing the education team, and ensuring high standards of care in paediatric services. Ideal candidates will have a nursing background and experience in training delivery within clinical settings.

Benefits

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Generous relocation package (up to £18k)

Confidential advice and support via Employee Assistance Programme

Extensive learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience at a senior level within paediatric services.
• Evidence of charge management.
• Knowledge of education, training, and practice development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of core clinical training and induction workshops.
• Facilitate the development of skills within clinical areas.
• Conduct audits to measure the effectiveness of educational initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Registered Children's Nurse

First level Degree Education

Qualifying Teaching/Assessing Qualification

Job description

Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).

Our Values

• We are KIND
• We are OPEN
• We pursue EXCELLENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority

Job overview

This 12 month fixed term maternity cover will play an essential role in supporting Matrons and Senior Sisters by facilitating education, training and practice development within Child Health establishing a high standard of education for all clinically based staff.

The post holder will work in partnership with Senior Sisters, and will be responsible for implementing evidence based, patient focused practice. They will work within the clinical area, working with staff to facilitate the development of skills in order to integrate education and practice development, thus enhancing quality care delivery from both registered and unregistered workforce.

The post holder will lead and facilitate audit and research and will function as a role model for staff within the clinical area, enabling and supporting the development of interdisciplinary and cross site working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post

Main duties of the job

This cross-site role requires the post holder to demonstrate the knowledge and skills of an experienced paediatric nurse and will:

• Work a mix of clinical and managerial duties, across York and Scarborough Hospitals, ensuring equitable education is delivered to high standards.
• Lead on the delivery of core clinical training, induction, and competency workshops for staff, ensuring alignment with paediatric proficiencies and organisational needs.
• Maintain and develop clinical expertise to act as an expert resource to colleagues by acting as a role model guiding practice development and education delivery.
• Develop and review relevant policies and documents and ensure training is delivered and benchmark against national standards.
• Lead audits and reviews to measure the effectiveness of educational initiatives, contributing to service improvement and innovation.
• The post holder will promote a proactive innovative approach to education, learning and maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice.
• Network with teams within the wider Trust and outside the Trust developing interpersonal relationships.
• Line management responsibilities of the paediatric education team including work planning and managerial duties.
• Ensure the education provision to the nursing teams are met cross site ensuring an equitable provision and high standards of education and teaching.

Working for our organisation

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
• For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [e-mail].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Children's Nurse
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• First level Degree Education
• Knowledge of education, training and practice development
• EPALS - European Paediatric Advanced Life Support or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Masters level education
• Recognised teaching qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• At least 2 years' experience at a senior level within paediatric services
• Delivery of education and training within clinical area Audit and standard setting
• Evidence of charge management

Desirable criteria

• Service development and/or charge management

Training

Essential criteria

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Willing to undergo training as necessary

Desirable criteria

• Quality improvement training (eg QSIR)

Special Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Current issues in healthcare clinical & Quality governance framework

Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Capable of lateral thinking
• Effective working within multi professional team
• Role Model
• Good Communication Skills

Practical Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Understanding of skills and knowledge required develop team members

Values & Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate our organisational values and behaviours:

Please note that some of our substantive vacancies may be available on a smaller number of hours than advertised. If you would be interested in applying on this basis, we would encourage you to contact the appointing manager to enquire further.

DBS Checks

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary either in 1 payment or over a six month period once you start employment. By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for.

Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check - basic, standard and enhanced.

The sensitive applications route gives transgender applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate that could reveal their previous identity. To contact the sensitive applications team, please telephone [phone] or email [e-mail].

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please note, the selection processes at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills. You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.

Agile and Flexible Working

We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and have recently launched our new Agile and Flexible Working policy to support this, entitling all staff to request flexible working from day one - for all posts. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Relocation Package

The Trust offers a generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss relocation further, please speak to the recruiting manager at interview.

A bit more about us and the surrounding area

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country that is home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York - consistently voted one of the best places to live in the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.

Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.

Sponsorship

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 504.6KB)
• Job Pack (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Reasonable Adjustment Guidance (PDF, 232.6KB)
• Trust Strategy 2025-2030 Towards Excellence (PDF, 4.4MB)
• Guidance for Applicants (PDF, 798.8KB)
• Relocation Offer Information (PDF, 134.7KB)