Clinical Educator

Job overview

This 12 month fixed term maternity cover will play an essential role in supporting Matrons and Senior Sisters by facilitating education, training and practice development within Child Health establishing a high standard of education for all clinically based staff.

The post holder will work in partnership with Senior Sisters, and will be responsible for implementing evidence based, patient focused practice. They will work within the clinical area, working with staff to facilitate the development of skills in order to integrate education and practice development, thus enhancing quality care delivery from both registered and unregistered workforce.

The post holder will lead and facilitate audit and research and will function as a role model for staff within the clinical area, 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.

This role is typically Monday to Friday, however we are open discussing alternative shift patterns.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post

Main duties of the job

This cross-site role requires the post holder to demonstrate the knowledge and skills of an experienced paediatric nurse and 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 paediatric proficiencies and organisational needs.
• Maintain and develop clinical expertise to act as an expert resource to colleagues by acting as a role model guiding practice development and education delivery.
• Develop and review relevant policies and documents and ensure training is delivered and benchmark against national standards.
• Lead audits and reviews to measure the effectiveness of educational initiatives, contributing to service improvement and innovation.
• The post holder will 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.
• Line management responsibilities of the paediatric education team including work planning and managerial duties.
• Ensure the education provision to the nursing teams are met cross site ensuring an equitable provision and high standards of education and teaching.

Detailed job description and main 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 were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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