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Band 5 to 6 Clinical Educator - Developmental Post

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

A leading mental health organization is seeking a Band 5 to 6 Clinical Educator to deliver essential training programs. This role involves working closely with staff to ensure compliance with Mandatory and Statutory Training (MAST) requirements, utilizing clinical experience to enhance training delivery. Candidates should possess a professional qualification and relevant training experience, with a commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

Professional qualification (e.g., RMN) required.
Experience at clinical level Band 4-6.
Current driving license essential.

Responsibilities

Deliver high-quality training programmes for MAST.
Evaluate programme effectiveness and review course content.
Conduct risk assessments prior to training delivery.

Skills

Training Delivery

Clinical Experience

Knowledge of Mental Health Practices

Education

Professional Qualification (e.g., RMN)

Relevant Teaching Qualification (e.g., DET)

Band 5 to 6 Clinical Educator - Developmental Post

Employer Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Location Kingswood, United Kingdom Salary Competitive Closing date 3 May 2025

Job overview

This is a band 5 or band 6 development post and you will be appointed depending on your experience and qualifications. The band 5 and band 6 jobs descriptions are attached.

There is a new and rare opportunity to use your recent skills and experience gained whilst working with patients in clinical settings and join an expanding and exciting team to deliver training in the Trust. This team enables staff to meet their Mandatory and Statutory Training (MAST) targets where face to face contact is required to engage in physical interaction. Subjects will include (but not limited to) Basic Resus, PERT, RRI and Manual Handling Level 2 through the provision of a range of training, education and development interventions.

Having experience of delivering training in some form of capacity would be an advantage and there is a requirement to undertake educational qualifications if not already held.

Consideration will be given to those candidates holding a NHS professional qualification. The successful candidate be able to utilise experience gained in working in a health care setting with training delivery.

The interviews will take place on 15th May 2025.

Main duties of the job

The role requires the job holder to deliver a range of MAST to all staff groups and develop the supporting theoretical knowledge and practical understanding. Many programmes will require the post holder to undertake a formal assessment of participants' knowledge and skills. Full development training will be given to the job holder.

Face to face courses will be delivered in external and internal venues across the Trust so a current driving licence essential. Must be mobile with the facility to travel across a geographically dispersed area.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To effectively deliver high quality training programmes for MAST, delivering complex training alone, to all grades of Trust staff that is in accordance with Trust operational and training policies and procedures.
To coordinate the evaluation of each programme delivery and to monitor its effectiveness and review the course content as the course develops to ensure that it continues to meet service and individual needs.
To undertake and contribute to the research, design and preparation of high quality training materials for both face to face and technology enhanced learning in conjunction with the MaST Team Leader.
To contribute and assist in conjunction with MaST Team Leader towards the evaluation of each programmer delivery and to monitor its effectiveness and review the course content as the course develops to ensure that it continues to meet service and individual needs.
To carrying out risk assessments prior to the delivery of any training in consideration of Health & safety requirements.
To be able to identify staff who during training who are
- considered to be at risk of injury
- unable to adapt correct body mechanics
- unable to use correct techniques.

Person specification

Qualifications/Experience

Essential criteria

Professional qualification eg RMN
Good knowledge of current national and local mental health practice and service priorities.
Experience of working at a complex clinical level Band 4 - 6.
Current driving license essential and must be mobile with the facility to travel across a geographically dispersed area
Maintain physical ability and personal wellbeing to deliver MAST subjects
Has experience in dealing with challenging service users in an inpatient clinical setting.
Experience of working at a clinical or training level Band 2-5 inpatient for 2 years minimum.

Desirable criteria

Relevant teaching qualification (e.g. DET or higher)
Desirability to have participated in delivering learning activities
An ability to understand the role of learning and development in supporting the overall strategic direction of the organisation
First aid at work qualification or willingness to work towards

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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