Children's Preceptorship/Development Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to work as part of the Children's Hospital Education Team has arisen.

Are you passionate about clinical education, supporting and developing learners in our clinical environments? Do you want to develop new skills, working within a supportive environment?

This is an exciting time to be part of the Children's Hospital Education Team, with education and development central to the delivery of high quality care, and patient safety.

Our education team are committed in delivering our exceptional preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses, pre-PIN nurses and nursing associates and the non-registered workforce.

You will work as part of the education team delivering education programmes including mandatory training, medical device training and clinical updates alongside multi-professional colleagues across the Trust, and be committed to delivering excellence in staff experience to all our learners, nurses and nursing associates.

You will need to be a highly motivated, skilled clinical practitioner, a professional role model and communicator, with evidence of a experience of supporting learners in the clinical setting.

**Interviews to be held 24th June 2025***

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert.

Responsibilities will include:

Working clinically with a variety of learners, including newly qualified nurses and nursing associates and students

Develop and deliver clinical and educational programmes in both classroom and clinical settings

Working in collaboration with nurse educators and senior nursing teams to ensure a supportive learning environment.

Provide support to preceptees with any difficulties they may encounter e.g. by formulating action plans, side by side working, support with the completion of education packages, performance management issues and liaising with ward teams.

Contribute to trust wide preceptorship groups and maintain links with wider regional groups.

Proactively participate in clinical supervision as a supervisee and a supervisor.

This is an opportunity for personal and professional development within the Children's Hospital Education team where you will be supported to develop your skills in delivering educational programmes and in providing support to staff and learners across the trust.

About us

Nottingham Children's Hospital is set within the vibrant city of Nottingham known for its many historical sites. The Children's hospital is housed within the Queens medical centre campus and has 116 inpatient beds across 8 inpatient wards covering all specialities.

This is a really exciting time to join Nottingham Children's Hospital as we became the first Children's Hospital in Europe to achieve pathway to excellence accreditation in 2020.

Working as part of the Children's education team will give you the opportunity to join a dynamic and motivated team who all have the shared ambition and drive to deliver the most comprehensive and exciting preceptorship programme, and support all learners at Nottingham Children's Hospital.

This makes Nottingham Childrens hospital a really special place to work. Not only does it show that we provide excellent care to patients and family's it is also recognition that we have fantastic teams, leadership at all levels and a huge array of development opportunities.