Post Graduate Educator

Integrated Care System; Warwick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Warwick is seeking a Post Graduate Educator to enhance the quality of care in clinical settings. Responsibilities include supporting and assessing newly qualified staff, delivering teaching, and implementing development programs. The ideal candidate will hold a Registered Nurse qualification with relevant mentoring and assessing experience, and possess strong leadership and organizational skills. This role contributes to a trusted care environment, promoting professional growth and high standards of nursing practice.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post-registration clinical experience at band 5.
• Evidence of teaching and assessing learners, newly appointed staff, and junior staff in clinical settings.
• Sound knowledge of evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all newly qualified staff are competent practitioners through development programs.
• Demonstrate clinical expertise and lead by example.
• Provide professional support to multi-disciplinary teams and participate in performance development for learners.

Skills

Good organizational skills

Effective leadership characteristics

Ability to motivate and develop staff

Innovative and positive mindset

Education

Registered Nurse

Mentoring & Assessing Qualification (e.g. 998)

Evidence of continuing professional development at degree level

Job description

Go back South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Post Graduate Educator

The closing date is 11 August 2025

This clinical Practice Educator role is mostly about enhancing the quality of care in care homes with nursing, for all learners particularly post-graduate staff. Role modelling, supervising, assessing competence, delivering onsite teaching, strengthening capabilities in areas such as wound care, end of life care, tracheostomy care and catheter care for example. Whilst empowering and staff to develop and plan their careers , equipping them with the knowledge and skills available to them we hope that this increase in quality care will increase placement capacity.

Main duties of the job

To work within and ensure continued development of an environment conducive to learning, integrating evidence-based theory & practice throughout South Warwickshire NHS Trust.

To work closely with team/department managers and professional leads in care homes with nursing within South Warwickshire to establish high quality learning environments, support and provide clinical leadership for all staff and learners as necessary.

To assist in the facilitation, delivery of Induction, training and continued evaluation for all newly qualified staff, pre-and post-Graduate learners within nursing homes/community settings.

To provide teaching and support to all staff who are supervising and assessing newly qualified staff and learners

To work as part of the Early career's development team, linking closely with the pre and post development teams.

To support staff in the development of competence and confidence in the delivery of high standards of care whilst being responsive to the needs of patients, relatives and carers as well as service demands.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2

We appreciate you completing the survey.

Job responsibilities

Ensure all newly qualified staff and learners are supported in becoming competent and capable practitioners by employing appropriate development programmes and/or local competency frameworks.

Demonstrate clinical and practice expertise through personal practice and by leading by example

Act as an advocate for work-based learning within the homes, supporting staff and their inter-professional learning practice

Explore and exploit opportunities for learning, development and change, facilitate staff ownership of change and ensure robust systems of evaluation are in operation

Provide and participate in supporting and teaching all supervisors and assessors involved in the training and development of newly qualified staff and learners in practice

To give professional support to the multi-disciplinary teams and to participate in performance development for all learners in collaboration with service areas and department managers

Develop, deliver and evaluate structured training sessions for all newly qualified staff and learners in the delivery of quality patient care

Responsibilities for Staff Development

Assess and benchmark acceptable standards of practice

Identify good practice and foster a culture which celebrates and shares good practice

Work with groups /individuals to identify specific learning/training needs and development action plans

Assist and support a structured learning and development plan for those newly qualified staff and learners who need to be performance managed in collaboration with the department manager / professional lead and development leads.

Participate in the formation of development objectives for individuals incorporating any knowledge and skills frameworks, monitoring and facilitating gateway accessibility

Work with groups and individuals to embed evidence based, quality practice

Provide information, guidance, advice, support and recommendations to improve service and training quality

Assist and support assessors and supervisors of all newly qualified staff and learners in effective feedback including clinical skill assessments.

Encourage reflective practice in line with clinical governance and nurse revalidation

Participate in critical incident analysis and encourage others to do the same.

Investigate complaints as required, ensuring organisational and individual learning as appropriate.

Provide timely constructive feedback for staff and person specific action plans

Identify and co-ordinate opportunities for staff development or experience

Work with individuals to recognise theory or practice gaps or poor performance and identify recovery action plans for addressing any issues identified.

Encourage and support staff to raise concerns through incident reporting, freedom to speak you, whistle blowing policy

To ensure that all health care records demonstrate clearly the NMC Guidelines for Records and Record keeping

Maintain accurate documentation, both electronic and paper, to ensure timely and effective communication.

Comply with the Data Protection Act to ensure appropriate action is taken to ensure confidentiality and protection of patient information

Maintain the data base of mentors and/or preceptors and their qualifications as applicable in line with NMC Standards

Maintain the process by which all staff undergoing supervision and assessment as applicable are monitored ensuring timely sign off.

Educate all newly qualified staff and learners regarding the need for accurate recording of all assessments, planning implementation and evaluation required within their role

Professional

Always behave in a manner that upholds the reputation of the nursing profession and the organisation

Be accountable for your own professional practice

Act as a patient advocate at all times

Keep abreast of new health care related developments, ensuring that nursing practice is up to date, evidence based and cost effective

Responsible for own personal and professional development and assist the Ward/ department Manager and/or professional lead in the development of staff as required.

Responsible for the development and maintenance of personal professional portfolio

Responsible for own professional registration and revalidation and assist the Ward/Department Managers and professional leads in ensuring that all qualified nurses have valid NMC registration and practise in accordance with NMC code of professional conduct

Attend mandatory and developmental training as identified in the teams annual training plan and personal development plan

Participate in clinical audit, practice research initiatives, quality assurance and clinical governance

Foster good working relationships throughout the organisation within the whole of the multidisciplinary team

Interpersonal Skills

To be able to provide and receive complex and sensitive information regarding staff and patients

Work collaboratively with all key stakeholders to facilitate evidence based practice in an environment which continually strives to deliver excellence in healthcare

Be able to communicate to people in a form and manner which is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred way of communication

Be able to educate and practice high standards of basic nursing care and knowledge.

To support and inspire colleagues working within the relevant field in developing advanced knowledge & skills and competent professional practice

Be able to teach and present to large groups

Employ motivational, persuasive, empathetic and physical communication skills using a wide range of media

Be responsible for the supervision of others in the production of accurate and complete records consistent with current legislation, policies and procedures

Communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams working across statutory & non-statutory settings

Produce and contribute to reports, action plans and strategy documents as required

Equality & Diversity

Acts in a way that supports equality and values diversity

Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity

Develop an understanding of the quality & diversity agenda, in all staff

Participate in Equality and Diversity Impact Assessments as appropriate

Health Safety & Security

Monitors and maintain health, safety and security of self and others within the organisation

Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety & security

Develop and maintain an environment and culture that improves health, safety & security

Carry out or participate in risk assessments to identify the risks involved in the work activity and process

How to manage or contribute to the management of the identified risk

How to help others correctly identify, report and manage all risks, critical incidents and near misses

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Mentoring & Assessing Qualification e.g. 998 or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development at degree level study

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years post registration clinical experience at band 5
• Evidence of teaching and assessing learners, newly appointed staff and junior staff in clinical setting
• Sound knowledge of evidence-based practice
• Knowledge and experience of audit process
• Evidence of involvement in change management

Skills

• Demonstrates good organisational skills,
• Demonstrates the importance of audit and research in practice
• Able to manage personal time effectively
• Can demonstrate characteristics of effective credible leadership
• Demonstrates ability to motivate, train and develop staff
• Is innovative, positive and has ability to stimulate a conducive learning environment and opportunities
• Able to set/achieve individual/team objectives and meet deadlines
• Act as a positive role model at all times

Personal Qualities

• Able to work as an effective team member
• Is committed to and demonstrates ability to teach successfully
• Able to adapt to changing circumstances and demonstrates ability to challenge barriers to change
• Shows initiative: able to think positively and stimulate learners at different levels
• Able to achieve individual and team objectives
• Commitment to develop & supervise junior staff
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for interprofessional learning
• Able to work both autonomously and within a team

Other

• Occupational Health Check and CRB
• Aware of current NMC practice guidelines and professional standards
• Flexible and adaptable in meeting changing service demand
• Experience of teaching and supervising staff
• Health & safety Priorities
• Car driver with access to a vehicle

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.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust