Clinical Skills and Education Lead- Mental Health

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nottingham is seeking a Clinical Skills and Education Lead – Mental Health. The role involves leading mental healthcare training, managing a team of educators, and ensuring compliance with national guidelines. The ideal candidate has significant clinical experience, an NMC registration, and strong teaching skills. This position offers a salary of £55,690 to £62,682 per year.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mental health clinical practice.
• Experience in designing, delivering and evaluating training.
• Ability to chair professional or managerial groups.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deliver, review and evaluate Trust-wide clinical training.
• Lead mental healthcare training agenda in collaboration with various stakeholders.
• Manage and support a team of clinical educators.

Skills

Presentation

Facilitation

Teaching

Self-motivated

Interpersonal skills

Evaluation and analysis

Developing others

Education

Masters level in a health-related subject

NMC registration

Accredited teaching certificate

Job description

Clinical Skills and Education Lead – Mental Health

Closing Date: 30 December 2025.

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse who is passionate about training the workforce of the future? If so this is the role for you. You will work with a dedicated clinical education team to deliver training across a wide range of care groups within Nottinghamshire. At Nottinghamshire Healthcare, our aspiration for our people is to be diverse, inclusive, and a great place to work. Developing our clinical staff is paramount to that vision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a registered healthcare professional with significant clinical experience and the ability to lead and advise a team of clinical educators. They will lead the Trust's mental healthcare training agenda, liaising with Learning & Organisational Development, the Trust, other organisations and stakeholders such as the wider healthcare community, service users and carers. The postholder will:

• Report to the Head of Clinical Education & Development and be part of the senior Learning & Development Team.
• Line‑manage a team of clinical educators.
• Lead strategically and operationally our Trustwide clinical training offer.
• Ensure that a programme of mental healthcare training aligned to national guidance and the Trust's strategic needs is established, delivered and evaluated.
• Contribute to ongoing development of training in partnership with other specialists.
• Be a member of relevant Mental Healthcare forums within the Trust and create and maintain positive working relationships across clinical divisions, directorates and departments.
• Build close and trusting relationships with line reports and key portfolio leads within People & Culture Directorate.

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the development, delivery, review and evaluation of the Trust‑wide clinical training offer, including mental healthcare training programmes across the Trust. Other core responsibilities include:

• Work collaboratively with Divisions to develop a pool of expert educators to co‑produce and co‑deliver our clinical training offer.
• Interpret national agendas, divisional requirements and departmental views into the provision of clinical training.
• Develop blended learning approaches utilising e‑learning and virtual delivery.
• Source and contract external training provision where necessary and link it with the appropriate funding stream.
• Use high‑level chairing and facilitative skills as required by the department or the organisation.
• Line‑manage and lead teams of staff within the department, delivering objectives and performance outcomes.
• Shape the clinical training agenda through creation, review and delivery of training.
• Explore new and innovative approaches to clinical training to meet service needs and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Collate and present impact data on the clinical training offer.
• Support leadership and delivery of induction and essential training within the Trust.
• Deputise as necessary for the Head of Learning & Development across assorted portfolios.
• Produce Board papers, management and executive briefings.

Person Specification – Values and behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification: NMC registration with significant clinical experience.
• Educated to masters level in a health‑related subject or equivalent experience.
• Experience in mental health.
• Accredited teaching certificate.
• Experience with presentation/facilitation/teaching skills and use of equipment and e‑learning resources.

Experience

• Significant experience in mental health clinical practice.
• Proven ability to design, develop, deliver and evaluate training, including e‑learning and virtual classrooms.
• Experience of creating learning and development opportunities for staff.
• Experience of chairing professional or managerial groups.
• Knowledge of educational curriculum development.

Physical requirements

• Post holder must be physically able to undertake tasks involving moderate physical effort.
• Carry or move educational equipment and information regularly.
• Perform the full range of duties.

Training

• Leadership skills.
• Critical appraisal skills.

Knowledge

• Highly developed specialist knowledge of mental healthcare training agenda, underpinned by theory and experience to masters' level or equivalent.
• Knowledge of educational curriculum development.

Skills

• Presentation, facilitation and teaching.
• Self‑motivated.
• Good interpersonal skills; approachable and engaging.
• Evaluation and analysis.
• Evidence of developing others.

Contractual requirements

• Ability to travel across Trust sites.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service must be made to check for any previous convictions.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a year (pro rata for part time).