Senior Clinical Nurse Educator

The Methodist Church in Britain; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave increases

NHS pension

Parental benefits

Discounts

Pay progression

EAP

Learning & development

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Nurse Educator to join the medical education team. The post focuses on developing and delivering teaching for medical students to learn inpatient psychiatric care and to involve inpatient staff in teaching on wards.

You will lead undergraduate medical education, promote clinical academic approaches, support care pathways, and foster professional development across the team.

Qualifications

• Qualified to degree level.
• Registration with NMC.
• Three years' post-qualification clinical experience.
• Understanding of acute care and psychiatry.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver medical education for inpatient psychiatry on wards.
• Bridge clinical placement areas to include care pathways in teaching.
• Support inpatient staff to teach medical students in clinical areas.
• Lead undergraduate medical education and maintain high standards.
• Promote use of lived experience in medical education.
• Ensure attendance at statutory training and CPD opportunities.

Skills

Acute care awareness

Bedside teaching

Psychiatry knowledge

Care pathways

Education

Degree level

Job description

A fixed-term, 12-month post as Senior Clinical Nurse Educator in the medical education team at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs undergraduate teaching in psychiatry. The work centres on developing and delivering teaching so medical students can learn inpatient care and take part in care pathways, and on bringing inpatient staff into that teaching. It is a lead specialist role, and the Trust values lived experience of mental ill health as an educational tool. NMC registration and three years' post-qualified clinical experience are required.

What the job involves

• Develop and deliver medical education so students grasp inpatient psychiatric care and have positive learning experiences on wards
• Form links between clinical placement areas so students can take part in all activities relevant to care pathways
• Engage and support inpatient staff to teach medical students in their clinical areas, overcoming barriers
• Act as lead specialist in undergraduate medical education and keep high standards across the team's delivery and management
• Support the Trust's development of professional roles and guidelines, and empower team members to implement change
• Ensure staff attend the statutory training the Trust identifies as relevant
• Support the annual skills profiling of the team
• Ensure clinical staff are offered opportunities to develop skills, keep up to date, attend accredited courses and pursue CPD
• Ensure good communication systems within the clinical area that support care and teaching
• Develop strategic thinking, promoting a clinical academic perspective for the multi-professional team
• Use clinical and resource management information to balance service user, student and educational objectives
• Promote critical analysis and innovative approaches to review education against student learning objectives and university direction

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified to degree level

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Three years' post-qualified clinical experience

Skills & knowledge

• Significant understanding of the acute care environment
• Ability to facilitate and assess bedside teaching
• Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatry
• Understanding of care pathways and multi-disciplinary practice

Nice to have

• Teaching qualification
• Public speaking and presenting at high-level conferences
• Experience of promoting and using lived experience within medical education

What’s offered

• Commitment to flexible working where possible
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years, pro rata
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme
• Structured learning and development opportunities