Senior Clinical Educator - Vocational Qualifications

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Nottingham; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare service organization in Nottingham seeks a Senior Clinical Educator to oversee vocational education programs. The ideal candidate will have relevant teaching qualifications, substantial clinical experience, and a commitment to high-quality education. This role includes planning and evaluating qualifications while supporting colleagues' professional development. Regular travel across education sites is required. Applications close on 12 October 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering EMAS vocational qualifications.
• Minimum of 2 years clinical experience as a registrant.
• Demonstrable evidence of work-based teaching.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver, assess, and evaluate in-house qualifications.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and professional standards.
• Mentor colleagues through their CPD and qualification pathways.

Skills

Vocational education experience

Teaching and assessment qualifications

Knowledge of Ofqual frameworks

Commitment to personal development

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Education & Training

Job description

Overview

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking an experienced clinician and vocational educator to join EMAS as a Senior Clinical Educator (Vocational Programmes). Applicants must hold recognised teaching and assessor qualifications—such as the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training, Level 3 Award in Vocational Assessment, or equivalent—and demonstrate recent experience delivering EMAS vocational qualifications.

Main duties of the job

This is a pivotal role involving the planning, delivery, assessment and evaluation of in-house qualifications including the Award in Education and Training (AET), Certificate in Education and Training (CET), and Internal Quality Assurance (IQA). You will help ensure our delivery meets current regulatory, pedagogical and professional standards. The postholder will lead and support a team of educators, contribute to quality assurance and curriculum design, promote learner success through inclusive practice, and mentor colleagues through their CPD and qualification pathways. This is a home-based post with regular travel across EMAS education sites in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.

About us / About You

We seek applicants who are passionate about vocational education, experienced in regulated delivery, confident in Ofqual frameworks, and motivated to support a dispersed, high-quality education service. You will need to embrace the EMAS Trust values and be committed to developing and delivering high quality clinical education which is student focused. You will have a teaching, assessing and mentorship qualification with demonstrable evidence of work based teaching. You must be willing to undertake professional development.

Job responsibilities

See the attached job description but the main purpose of the job is to ensure effective management of education provision within divisions and associated education facilities; implement and monitor quality assurance processes within education to ensure compliance with internal or external standards; take responsibility for the development, implementation and evaluation of education, training and professional development.

Person Specification

Professional

• Evidence showing commitment to continual personal development
• Level 5 Diploma in Education & Training or equivalent
• Experience of Delivering Vocational Qualifications
• Minimum of 2 years clinical experience as a registrant

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.

Closing date: 12 October 2025

Address: EMAS Clifton Education Centre, Allied Health Professions Building, Clifton Lane