Clinical Skills Educator - ED

Job overview

Are you an experienced, dynamic Children’s nurse with a passion for education and high-quality care?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Emergency Departments to join the education team as a Band 6 Clinical Skills Educator.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and flexible individual, with a strong focus on training and education to support the Band 7 Clinical Educators to develop and drive forward a robust education programme for the nursing workforce within our ED departments.

The post holder will be an experienced Children’s ED nurse and will work closely with the senior nursing team and MTD to deliver high quality education and training, helping staff to realise their potential and to identify and develop their Emergency Department skills.

This is an exciting time for our Emergency Departments, as we have just opened our brand-new department on the Scarborough site.  This role will support the growing Paediatric ED nursing establishment, ensuring training, progression, and high standards of patient care.

This fantastic post will allow you to shape the nursing and healthcare staff of the future through the provision of high-quality education and learning opportunities and leadership.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Skills Educator main duties include but are not inclusive to:

• Plan and facilitate training days for the nursing teams and student nurses.
• Able to present and teach, demonstrating a sound teaching approach utilising mixed media, simulation and creating a positive learning environment.
• Work alongside nursing staff and students to provide direct clinical based teaching.
• Support new starters and help to co-ordinate the preceptorship period.
• Maintain a high profile within the clinical area acting as a role model positively influencing practice at all times and challenging poor practice.
• Develop, implement, and deliver competency based clinical education.
• Work with clinical teams to ensure students are exposed to a wide range of learning opportunities.
• Further develop own competence and ability to teach a wider range of skills as required to disseminate best practice.
• Review and update clinical competencies in line with best practice.
• Respond to educational requirements that emerge from service need.
• Support the Band 7 Clinical Educator to deliver strategic goals and implement organisational change.
• Work across organisational and professional boundaries and provide specialist advice and expertise.
• Policy development.

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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