ODN Nurse Educator
The closing date is 12 November 2025
We have an opportunity for a motivated and confident individual to join our Northern Neonatal Network as a Nurse Educator.
Are you an experienced neonatal nurse, who wants to transition into education/teaching, or an established neonatal educator who would like to work across the NNN to develop consistency and assurance of education provided? If so, come and work at the NNN.
The Nurse Educator will undertake the lead role in delivering education, training, and practice development across neonatal services within the ODN. You will be responsible for leading in the planning and provision of educational events to meet the objectives of the Network. This will also include the stabilisation programme, working closely with the Lead for Education.
This role also has a requirement to ensure the ODN have quality assurance of the education provided by external providers including Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Compliance with the QIS Standards is critical and this post will work with all parties to ensure that local offerings are fit for purpose. This requires the post holder to work locally with education providers, unit managers and unit educators.
Main duties of the job
The role is a fixed term / secondment contract of 1 year. It is predominantly home based with the expectation of travel to NNN office at Sunderland Royal Hospital, and all neonatal units within the NNN. Regional and national travel will also be part of this role, working with the National Educators Forum, disseminating new initiatives, and being a point of contact for all NNN nursing education queries.
About us
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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from underrepresented groups. Looking after our workforce health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co‑ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full details
This role is within the NNN, it will cover education provision in all 10 neonatal units within the NENC.
The main duty is to work across the region to embed a sustainable Qualified In Speciality Course (QIS) which meets the full recommendations in the published national standards. This includes mapping current provision of training for neonatal nurses, scoping of alternative future pathways if required, programme evaluation/re‑design to ensure the NNN ODN is assured of the quality of all education, mapping of placement capacity within NICs in NNN to include Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor provision. The priority for this role is to embed the QIS programme and support unit‑based educators with this.
This role also has a requirement to ensure quality assurance of the education provided by completion of QIS implementation matrix and other quality assurance measures.
There is an expectation that with other members of the NNN team you will actively support implementing agreed pathways of care and provide associated training.
It is an exciting opportunity to assess current education provision and map this against national standards, contribute to the identification of learning needs and development of multi professional programmes at a local and national level.
If you are interested in becoming part of our fantastic team, then we would welcome your application.
Person Specification
Skills & Knowledge
* Excellent and updated knowledge and understanding of the local region, neonatal units and pathways.
* Strategic vision and operational implementation.
* Ability to translate national policy into service improvement.
* Clear understanding of National Policy and current issues affecting neonatal services.
* Understanding of clinical governance issues in the delivery of care.
* Effective advanced communication skills
* Excellent relevant neonatal clinical skills
* Excellent leadership and organizational skills
* Able to motivate and develop a multi-professional team.
* Self‑discipline and good time management to support periods of lone working.
* Ability to delegate and prioritise.
* Ability to work within a highly productive team.
* Excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills.
* Excellent teaching, training, and preceptorship skills.
* Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries.
* Detailed understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues.
Experience
* Extensive and recent clinical experience at a senior level.
* Experience of teaching clinical neonatal nursing skills.
* Experience of classroom or formal teaching and presenting.
* Experience of simulation scenario teaching.
* Previous experience of research and audit.
* Previous experience of change management and problem solving.
Qualifications
* Current NMC Registration.
* Is in possession of a relevant masters degree or in the process of completing.
* Evidence of ongoing, dynamic continuing professional development within the specialty.
* Recordable teaching/assessing qualification.
* Qualified in Specialty.
* NLS instructor.
Physical Skills
* Car driver with ability to travel to all parts of the region.
* Ability to sit at workstations as necessary to undertake written reviews, arrange meetings and to take part in Teams meetings.
* Requirement for computer use so manual dexterity and computing skills.
* Ability to motivate and influence.
* Articulate and confident.
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.
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