Clinical Educator

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

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Job summary

As a Clinical Educator within the Clinical Support Services Division, you will support the quality of the clinical learning environment division for non-medical learners i.e. Allied Health Professionals and Nursing by providing support, educational input and development activities for supervisors, assessors and learners within pre-registration health science programmes. You will encourage the development of a learning culture where both education and lifelong learning are seen as integral to clinical practice and will positively contribute to the development of a workforce fit for purpose.

Clinical Support Services are made up of highly qualified specialist staff. They work alongside Medical and Nursing colleagues to provide a wide range of healthcare services, from diagnoses and treatment to rehabilitation and prevention. These are a diverse workforce who deliver high quality care across a wide range of pathways therefore they have diverse training requirements.

We aim to support and empower both the current and future workforce to ensure our staff are equipped with the necessary skills, values and behaviours to deliver new and innovative models of compassionate patient-focused care.

Main duties of the job

As a clinical educator you will be expected to:

Have a passion for education and knowledge of healthcare science and allied health professional education pathways.

Model high professional standards of care and promote a culture of learning, to provide professional and clinical practice training.

Be a visible practice presence in the clinical learning environments within clinical support services providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their learning objectives.

Provide support to those assessing and supervising students/ learners on a range of programmes.

Assist supervisors, assessors, practice educators and departmental managers to facilitate the integration of theory and practice within the clinical environment for a variety of learners.

Maintain accurate records of training, assessment and support provided, and provide reports as requested.

Deliver a robust induction to learners who are commencing placements.

Assist staff with access to supervisor and educator training

Deliver teaching sessions on a variety of clinical programmes including preceptorship.

Support the establishment and maintenance of a portfolio of high quality practice placements that's support the learning needs of learners.

Support trust wide clinical training needs

Provide opportunities for professional development

About us

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.

In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Date posted

20 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

426-593-23DC-B

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE304ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the job role.

Secondment will be considered - line managers approval is required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the job role.

Secondment will be considered - line managers approval is required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Clinical professional registered with the HCPC or Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC register
Supervisor and assessor training or equivalent
Degree in relevant field

Desirable

Postgraduate certificate in education or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration experience, some of which be at senior band 5 or band 6 in an acute hospital setting
Recent experience of working with students in an acute setting
Experience of developing & delivering training/education across professional boundaries.
Experience as an educator supporting learners on Allied Health Professionals Programmes

Desirable

NHS experience

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to teach, assess and supervise others
Knowledge of pre-registration Health Science programmes and professional bodies (HCPC) standards relating to education

Desirable

Advanced Microsoft Office Skill (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Ability to work autonomously setting own targets and measuring performance against these targets

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Clinical professional registered with the HCPC or Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC register
Supervisor and assessor training or equivalent
Degree in relevant field

Desirable

Postgraduate certificate in education or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration experience, some of which be at senior band 5 or band 6 in an acute hospital setting
Recent experience of working with students in an acute setting
Experience of developing & delivering training/education across professional boundaries.
Experience as an educator supporting learners on Allied Health Professionals Programmes

Desirable

NHS experience

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to teach, assess and supervise others
Knowledge of pre-registration Health Science programmes and professional bodies (HCPC) standards relating to education

Desirable

Advanced Microsoft Office Skill (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Ability to work autonomously setting own targets and measuring performance against these targets

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).