Clinical Educator Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist

Integrated Care System; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Huddersfield seeks a Clinical Educator Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist to support the training and development of the therapy workforce within inpatient teams. The role involves providing education and supervision, ensuring staff competency, and working across multiple sites. Applicants should have clinical educator training and relevant experience in the acute setting.

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC.
• Experience in contributing to service improvements.
• Recent experience in an acute hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Support training and development of therapy workforce.
• Provide education and assessment of competence.
• Facilitate training across both sites.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Mentoring/supporting staff

Assessing competency

Ability to work independently

Education

Postgraduate training

Clinical Educator training

Master's level or equivalent

Job description

Go back Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Educator Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 17 August 2025

This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to support the training and development of the therapy and discharge workforce within the acute inpatient therapy teams across CHFT.

The post holder will be a proactive role model who will work to support the provision of clinical education and assessment of competence within the inpatient therapy and discharge teams.

They will work to provide education, supervision and support in practice with a particular focus on the integration of the therapy and discharge teams and associated competency training related to this.

They will work closely with the inpatient acute teams and sit within the acute therapy team at HRI with a clinical caseload, but to also facilitate training and education requirements for the staff working within inpatient therapies and discharge. This may involve working across both our sites, CRH and HRI.

The post holder will have a particular focus on supporting members of the Inpatient Therapy and Discharge Team to receive the appropriate training and supervision specific to their specialty role and ensure that all competency and assessments are up to date.

The post holder will work within the therapy team as part of the clinical team focusing on supervision and support in practice for at least 50% of the time.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a proactive role model who will work to support the provision of clinical education and assessment of competence within the inpatient therapy and discharge teams.

They will work to provide education, supervision and support in practice with a particular focus on the integration of the therapy and discharge teams and associated competency training related to this.

They will work closely with the inpatient acute teams and sit within the acute therapy team at HRI with a clinical caseload, but to also facilitate training and education requirements for the staff working within inpatient therapies and discharge. This may involve working across both our sites, CRH and HRI.

The post holder will have a particular focus on supporting members of the Inpatient Therapy and Discharge Team to receive the appropriate training and supervision specific to their specialty role and ensure that all competency and assessments are up to date.

The post holder will work within the therapy team as part of the clinical team focusing on supervision and support in practice for at least 50% of the time.

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job responsibilities

For further details regarding the job description and responsibilites please refer to the attached JD and PS.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

• Registered with HCPC.
• Evidence of Postgraduate training.
• Clinical Educator training
• Evidence of Leadership skills
• Evidence of mandatory training
• Studied at Masters level or equivalent
• Experience in contributing to service improvements e.g. audit, patient information etc.
• Experience in dealing with complaints e.g. diffusing complaint or investigating complaint
• Member of professional body

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

• Ability to prioritise workload of self and others
• Recent experience demonstrating ability to assess, treat and evaluate therapy intervention in acute hospital setting.
• Evidence of planning & delivering teaching sessions
• Evidence of mentoring/supporting staff
• Able to assess competency of staff and students
• Awareness of therapy competency frameworks
• Ability to assess risk on discharge and to put risk reduction measures in place
• Evidence of up to date best practice in acute medicine, emergency care, elderly care, falls, dementia and elective orthopaedics
• Ability to maintain accurate and timely records
• Awareness of relevant Legislation, Local and National initiatives
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of relevant training and clinical practice
• Experience in supervising and training others.
• Experience of carrying out PDR's/appraisals
• Previous experience working at Band 6 level

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Teaching/presentation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties and in difficult situations
• Experience developing others.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties and in difficult situations
• Ability to concentrate and work in stressful conditions requiring emotional demands
• Demonstrates positive attitude and behaviours
• Ability to identify and articulate own training needs
• Self motivated with ability to work independently and influence others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum, pro rata