Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Educator who shares our ambition and vision to deliver high quality, compassionate care to our patients. To provide clinical education to our busy paediatric team within the trust.
Main duties of the job
Are you compassionate, caring, innovative, enthusiastic with a strong passion for helping colleagues to develop?
We welcome a creative, individual who can demonstrate leadership ability and skills in supporting nursing and support staff to be equipped with the right skills and knowledge base in the clinical area.. You will need to possess excellent communication skills, leadership and tenacity as well as a compassionate approach to children and their families. We need a team player who is dynamic and flexible.
You will be required to be forward thinking in your approach and be proactive to improve the hospital experience for both child and family.
On the Calderdale site, we have a 35 bed unit which includes Same Day Emergency Care, Enhanced Care, medical inpatients and planned surgery. On the Huddersfield Site we have an 8 bed unit which cares for children requiring acute surgery and clinical decisions unit which is supported by Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioners.
Having extensive acute children’s nursing experience and proven evidence based clinical skills you will be highly motivated, well organized and able to act on your own initiative.
Significant experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment is a requirement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To promote and maintain high standards of nursing care and to encourage innovation and research.
- To be available to work clinically in times of high demand/pressure.
- To contribute to a culture that recognises and works in partnership with patients and their families, involving them in all decisions.
- To work within the NMC code of professional practice, and within policies, procedures and guidelines of Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust.
- To act accordingly when standards are not being maintained
- To act as an advocate for the child, young person and the family, including promoting and protecting their interests, rights, equality, inclusion and privacy.
- To be involved in trust Initiatives to improve patient safety and care, e.g. Exemplar ward, Safer Patient Initiative, Friends and Family Test.
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This advert is for Clinical Educator - Paediatrics with Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust in Huddersfield, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Secondment: 12 months (up to 23 hours). The application deadline is 17 Jun 2026.
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