Medical Education Clinical Skills Technician

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join the busy and forward‑thinking Medical Education Team at York Hospital as a Medical Education Clinical Skills Technician. This is a key role within our education service, supporting the planning, preparation, and delivery of high‑quality teaching and training for doctors at all stages of their careers, as well as the wider multidisciplinary team.

The postholder will play an integral part in ensuring our education and development programmes meet the needs of both current and future clinicians. Working with a wide range of clinical educators and learners, you will support hands‑on teaching using an extensive range of equipment, including high‑fidelity patient simulators, clinical skills training models, and advanced surgical simulators. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the creation of bespoke teaching models that enhance and support our innovative training programmes.

This role offers a rewarding blend of technical expertise, creativity, and collaboration, making a real difference to the quality of medical education and ultimately to patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Liaise with Course faculty leads (clinicians and educators) to identify requirements for medical education courses and to organise the provision of equipment and materials for the effective delivery of medical and dental training events.
• Manage stock for consumable equipment and order replacement equipment when necessary, showing appropriate regard to budgetary considerations.
• Development and fabrication of medical training models using innovative methods.
• Liaise with suppliers regarding service contracts, repairs and the purchase of clinical skills equipment.
• Network with other hospitals, Medical Education Simulation and Clinical skills teams
• Work alongside Trust Sim Leads on the production of Simulation Scenarios and protocols to improve clinical knowledge within the trust.
• Maintain and repair medical education equipment to ensure that equipment is ready and available for teaching when required.
• Set up and clear away of clinical courses, working with faculty to ensure clinical equipment is available.
• Work alongside the admin team in Medical Education to provide appropriate resource to courses and teaching.
• Provide training for relevant staff in the use of training equipment as required i.e. High fidelity simulators and clinical training models and mannequins

Please note that there may be occasional requirement to work at Scarborough Medical Education Centre to support courses.

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: [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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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers.  This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.