Clinical Educator (Clinical Academy)

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust is seeking a full-time Clinical Educator to enhance its Clinical Academy. The role involves teaching and mentoring healthcare professionals, developing course modules, and facilitating ongoing training to ensure high standards of clinical skills education. Applicants should have prior teaching experience and a relevant post-registration qualification to effectively support the learning of various clinical staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching, mentoring, and assessing staff.
• Ability to deliver key Clinical Skills training.
• Knowledge of academic misconduct and plagiarism issues.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate learning and development around the deteriorating patient and acute clinical skills.
• Support the production and evaluation of learning contracts and objectives.
• Develop and implement new course modules with clinical specialists.

Skills

Teaching

Mentoring

Clinical Skills training

Facilitation of learning

Assessment

Education

Post-registration teaching/mentorship qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for one full time Clinical Educator to work with an established Clinical Academy at the Lewisham and Greenwich Trust. The Clinical Academy is a group that brings together a range of faculty members providing or considering providing accredited courses that the Trust has/will develop and implement.

The Clinical Academy currently develops 500 registered professionals annually and the aim is to increase this to 1500 over the coming years. In order to accommodate overall expansion, these posts will enhance existing programmes and develop new course modules in collaboration with clinical specialists.

The post holder will be based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and will work cross sites.

To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience of teaching, mentoring and assessing staff and have a post-registration teaching/mentorship qualification, with ability and experience to deliver key Clinical Skills training and be able to To facilitate the learning and development around the deteriorating patient, ABCDE systematic assessments, acute clinical skills.

(please see attached JD and Person Spec for a detailed description)

To work in accordance within the appropriate professional register (NMC), Trust policies and procedures.

To work alongside the faculty delivering courses to support learners undertaking various programmes through the LGT Clinical Academy.

To facilitate learning and continuing development of all registered healthcare professionals ensuring that education is responsive to service developments.

To facilitate the learning and development around the deteriorating patient, ABCDE systematic assessments, acute clinical skills.

To facilitate the learning and development around Simulation and simulation-based learning and feedback methods.

In conjunction with faculty leads and others support the production and evaluation of learning contracts and objectives for staff for whom there is a capability issue.

Develop expert knowledge of plagiarism and academic misconduct issues in relation to the Clinical Academy work and that required by the accrediting HEI; to enable the post holder to provide this expert knowledge and support line managers in performance management where appropriate.

To create, sustain and support an environment where CPD is fully embedded.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rory Van Niekerk Job title: Lead Nurse Post Registration, Clinical Education Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07442943405

An informal discussion is highly recommended to fully understand the role and the work. This could be a virtual meeting or an in person meeting with Rory Van Niekerk, Lead Nurse Post Registration, Clinical Education.

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Please note: Vacancy may close earlier than advertised closing date.