# Clinical Skills Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-skills-practitioner/f18b9504-9aaf-44c8-bc04-b03f4d68b7c3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-skills-practitioner/f18b9504-9aaf-44c8-bc04-b03f4d68b7c3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - **Location:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-03T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-20T13:00:58.888Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/University_Hospitals_Coventry_Warwickshire_NHS_Trust/Medical_Education/Medical_Education-v8242030 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8242030?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder will be working as part of the clinical skills team teaching and assessing multiple clinical / procedural skills to groups of medical students and postgraduate multidisciplinary client groups both internal and external to UHCW NHS Trust. Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested. Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP. ### Main duties of the job The role requires the post holder to work autonomously and flexibly with a high level of skill and concentration, responding as appropriate to unpredicted issues often within very tight deadlines to meet curriculum and service needs. The post holder will be required to motivate and encourage collaborative working to support quality improvement and adherence to local and national standards of practice. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Participate in the development, implementation and delivery of competency based clinical education and assessment to a wide range of candidates including medical students, nurses, post graduate doctors and allied healthcare professionals in the simulated environment. - Plan and co-ordinate the day-to-day activities of the clinical skills suite using a range of manikins, medical equipment, IT and audio-visual systems. Prepare and set up equipment when needed such as manikins, beds, couches, tables and chairs. - Take / facilitate appropriate action as a result of complex clinical or non-clinical issues, supporting staff and candidates at all levels which may include debriefing and action planning. - Assist with the update of lesson plans, assessment tools and teaching resources as required - To act as a role model, utilising every opportunity to enhance the knowledge of others in relation to clinical skills and to promote health and safety and risk assessment. - Deliver practical teaching sessions to candidates adhering to guidance from the GMC document ‘Practical skills and procedures’, including multiple clinical skills such as wound care, urinary catheterisation, injection techniques - training will be given. - Be able to organise, teach, facilitate & evaluate post graduate clinical skills courses for all levels of medical and non-medical professionals. - Undertake training to become an OSCE examiner for Warwick Medical School’s Year 1, Year 2 and Final Year examinations. - Participate in the writing of stations, along with standard setting and troubleshooting for OSCE’s and other assessments of clinical skills - Respond flexibly to the growing needs of the medical student curriculum in accordance with GMC recommendations. - Develop personally as a First Aid instructor / Acute Illness management (AIM) and AIM Train the trainer faculty member/ course coordinator. - Assist in the development of learning materials including handouts and more innovative materials such as e-learning, videos and interactive teaching materials. - To liaise, engage and collaborate with all members of the wider medical education teams such as Simulation department, Resuscitation training department, George Eliot and Warwick hospital clinical skills teams as well as post graduate faculty and Warwick Medical School for example. For further details of the role please see the attached job description. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - - Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively. - Analyses problems and implements effective and appropriate solutions. - Able to use initiative and make decisions. - Ability to organise workload, prioritise tasks and respond flexibly to service demands. - Be self-aware; ability to manage conflict, sensitive and challenging situations. **Desirable** - - Experience in developing digital learning resources. - Experience in creating educational materials. ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Knowledge of the curriculum requirements of undergraduate medical students - Knowledge of the practical clinical skills expected of post graduate nurses/doctors/AHPs - The ability to develop and apply evidence based educational strategies & learning resources **Desirable** - - Understanding and appreciation of personal training needs in relation to the post. ### Experience **Essential** - - Significant post-registration clinical experience in an acute healthcare setting at Band 5. - Evidence of supporting change, service improvement, or educational activities. - Experience of working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. **Desirable** - - Previous experience of teaching multi professional groups of staff. - Experience of mentoring and assessing in clinical skills. ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Current UK healthcare professional registration (NMC/HCPC) - Recognised teaching/assessing qualification. - First degree in relevant healthcare profession or working towards - Evidence of continuous professional development **Desirable** - - AIM / ALERT instructor ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) - Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience ## Documents - [candidate information (pdf, 736.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10555570) - [welcoming disabled candidates (pdf, 376.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10555571) - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 688.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10555569) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.