Clinical Educator

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time secondment position as a Band 6 Clinical Educator in Haematology Daycase and Oncology areas. You should be a Registered Nurse with a proven clinical background and a passion for teaching and facilitation. The post holder will be based at City Hospital campus.

Main duties of the job

• Work alongside nurses and other healthcare practitioners to ensure the provision of high quality safe and effective evidence-based care; in accordance with local, divisional and hospital policies and procedures
• Assist in identifying and defining areas for improvement and develop targeted teaching and learning activities to facilitate improvement
• Develop and deliver training and educational programmes and optimise learning activities for practitioners
• Ensure that the organisation has an accurate record of a practitioner’s learning
• In undertaking this role, all employees will be expected to behave at all times in a way that is consistent with and actively supports the principles of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job responsibilities
In addition to the summary, you will need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

Person Specification
Training / Experience
Essential

• Diploma or Degree in nursing or health related studies
• NMC Registration
• Standards for Student supervision and Assessment training (SSSA)
• Significant post registration experience
• Experience of supporting / delivering education and training
• SACT / Chemo trained

Desirable

• Evidence of teaching qualification
• Recent or current experience in specialty

Communication / Organisation
Essential

• Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of communication within a variety of forums

Desirable

• Able to deal with conflict / challenging behaviour

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.