Clinical Nurse Educator- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Job details

• Job reference: 257550
• Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
• Job closing date: 13/09/2026
• Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
• Location: Royal Hospital for Children
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 16.5, 18.5
• Job posted date: 27/08/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
• Department: PICU

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The role:

Royal Hospital for Children are looking for a Clinical Nurse Educators to join our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit to provide generic and specialist education, support and direction to nurses and other healthcare workers within Paediatric Intensive Care. We are looking for a nurse to plan, deliver and evaluate educational pathways for critical care nursing to meet present and future service needs. The role will advise, support and provide direction to all trained nurse and health care workers on educational and clinical issues.

The post holder will be able to provide educational support and direction to nurses and health care support workers within the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. They will assist in developing, facilitating, delivering and evaluating current and implement new educational programmes to meet the needs of the child and young person, their family and all nursing staff in their remit.

The successful candidate will develop, implement, deliver and evaluate the education programmes to meet specific needs of the child, family and nursing staff through competency based framework and will work in close collaboration with clinical personnel to promote, deliver and enhance high quality evidence based learning that will provide excellent standards of care.

It is essential you are a Registered Children’s Nurse with an NMC approved qualification and have substantial post registration experience.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part time hours.

The are various hours available on a permanent basis.

The roles will be based at the Royal Hospital for Children.

The shift patterns will be Monday – Friday (days).

Key responsibilities:

Please see the attached Job Description below.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

What we offer:

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Marie McGale – Senior Clinical Nurse Educator – 0141 452 4778, marie.mcgale@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

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