Clinical Facilitator

Job overview

12 fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity.

The Critical Care Complex at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital are recruiting for challenging, yet highly rewarding positions as Deputy Sisters/Charge Nurses.

The Clinical Facilitator is a dual-function role combining direct clinical practice within Adult Critical Care with responsibility for supporting education, training, and workforce development across the service. The postholder will spend 50% of their time delivering expert clinical care to critically ill patients and 50% facilitating the learning and professional development of nursing staff, healthcare support workers, apprentices, students, and multidisciplinary team members.

The role is designed to ensure that education remains firmly embedded within clinical practice, enabling staff to develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required to deliver safe, effective, evidence-based care. Through a visible clinical presence and educational leadership, the Clinical Facilitator will support the development and assessment of clinical competencies, facilitate learning opportunities, contribute to induction and preceptorship programmes, and promote continuous professional development.

Please note that the education element must be provided during weekdays.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will be responsible for promoting and implementing practices conducive to the development of high-quality patient care by providing professional, clinical, and managerial leadership. Successful candidates will be required to:

• Provide direct clinical care within Adult Critical Care for 50% of contracted hours.
• Support the delivery of education, training, competency assessment, and workforce development for 50% of contracted hours.
• Facilitate the development of nurses and support staff undertaking induction, preceptorship, and critical care competency programmes.
• Support compliance with mandatory training, professional standards, and national critical care requirements.
• Promote evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives.
• Act as a clinical role model, mentor, and coach to support staff development and retention.
• Contribute to the achievement of GPICS standards relating to workforce development, education, and patient care.

The successful candidates should have extensive recent experience as a charge nurse/sister in Critical Care and should have a post registration qualification in the specialty. The successful candidate will also have completed or work towards achieving the STEP 4 CC3N Competencies and a post graduate certificate in medical education.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Clinical Facilitator will work closely with the Practice Development Team, Senior Nursing Team, Professional Nurse Advocates, and multidisciplinary colleagues to support workforce development, staff retention, and the delivery of national standards for critical care education and practice. The postholder will act as a role model, clinical expert, coach, and mentor, fostering a positive learning culture that promotes excellence in patient care and professional growth.

By combining clinical expertise with educational leadership, the role will help ensure that Adult Critical Care maintains a highly skilled, competent, and compassionate workforce capable of meeting the complex needs of critically ill patients and their families.

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.