Clinical Educator
The closing date is 30 October 2025
We are looking for a Part Time Clinical Educator for our Emergency Department in York Hospital. Our Clinical Educators play an essential role in supporting Matrons and Senior Sisters by facilitating education, training and practice development within the Emergency Department, establishing a high standard of education for all clinically based staff.
You will work in partnership with Senior Sisters and be responsible for implementing evidence based, patient focused practice. Working within the clinical area, you will facilitate the development of skills in order to integrate education and practice development, enhancing quality care delivery from both registered and unregistered workforce.
The successful candidate will lead and facilitate audit and research and will function as a role model for staff, enabling and supporting the development of interdisciplinary and cross site working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will:
* Work a mix of clinical and managerial duties across York and Scarborough Hospitals, ensuring equitable education is delivered to high standards.
* Lead on the delivery of core clinical training, induction, and competency workshops for staff, ensuring alignment with Emergency Department proficiencies and organisational needs.
* Maintain and develop clinical expertise to act as an expert resource to colleagues, guiding practice development and education delivery.
* Develop and review relevant policies and documents and ensure training is delivered and benchmarked against national standards.
* Lead audits and reviews to measure the effectiveness of educational initiatives, contributing to service improvement and innovation.
* Promote a proactive innovative approach to education, learning and maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice.
* Network with teams within the wider Trust and outside the Trust, developing interpersonal relationships.
* Ensure education provision to the nursing teams is met cross site, ensuring an equitable provision and high standards of education and teaching.
About us
For further information on working for our Trust, please visit the Trust website.
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff:
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
* A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support relocation expenses for hard to fill positions.
* Variety of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
* Extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers.
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that are co‑developed with staff: we are kind, we are open, and we pursue excellence. Our values support our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone and work with Staff Networks – including Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks – to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer: We hold the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Adult Nurse
* Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
* First level Degree in Education
* Knowledge of education, training and practice development
* Recognised teaching qualification
Experience
* At least 2 years' experience at a senior level
* Delivery of education and training within clinical area, audit and standard setting
* Evidence of charge management
Training
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Willing to undergo training as necessary
* Quality improvement training (eg QSIR)
Special Knowledge
* Current issues in healthcare clinical & quality governance framework
Behaviours
* Capable of lateral thinking
* Effective working within multi professional team
* Role Model
* Good communication skills
Practical Skills
* Excellent written and verbal skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
* Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members
Values & Behaviours
* Ability to demonstrate our organisational values and behaviours.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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