# Paediatric Clinical Educator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-clinical-educator/08de11cd-992c-4a4d-a4a0-c3320aef6974 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-clinical-educator/08de11cd-992c-4a4d-a4a0-c3320aef6974.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Oxford - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T09:43:16.521Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8176349 - **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post-holder will be an experienced, knowledgeable practitioner who provides clinically based practice development and education to the nursing workforce. They will role model best, evidence-based professional practice. Clinical education support for all in the clinical environment is a substantial part of this role. The role will comprise 50% clinical practice and 50% education, working alongside the Band 7 Clinical Educator. The Clinical Educator will identify and support the learning needs of their clinical area. The Clinical Educator is key to ensuring the clinical area is a positive learning environment through acting as an expert resource, ensuring local training resources are appropriate and up-to-date, and working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and senior colleagues. ### Main duties of the job - Work clinically and take charge of the department. - Act as an exemplary role model for best clinical practice and Trust values - Work alongside learners to facilitate their independent learning - Work to an agreed job plan to maximise education delivery to support staff and patient safety/experience. - Manage their own time to ensure a balance between clinical education and education administrative activities - Actively promote and contribute to an inter-professional learning environment - Deliver education programmes at a variety of levels and where required cross divisionally in support of organisational priorities. - Work as part of the local and corporate practice development teams - Assist in anticipating and addressing the educational needs of the service - Work across boundaries to proactively develop and sustain partnerships - Participate in audit, service improvement and research projects relevant to the clinical educator role ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for both Clinical Educator and Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse. Please do not hesitate to contact us to organise an informal visit or if you have any questions about this role. ## Person Specification ### Clinical Practice **Essential** - Articulate and knowledgeable regarding skills needed to deliver a high standard of care in the area of practice - Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role and identify when to appropriately escalate/seek assistance - Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team - Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc. accurately, and effectively communicate these to appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team - Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team - Able to proactively contribute to the education of learners and non-registered and less experienced staff ### clinical practice **Essential** - Experience or working within emergency medicine ### Values and Behaviours **Essential** - Demonstrates the ability to put patients at the heart of what they do and meet differing needs by fostering a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork - Shows pride in the quality of care they provide for patients and provides evidence of learning from both successes and setbacks - Able to identify high standards of health care and demonstrate the proven capacity to champion change and innovation that delivers these high standards - Evidences the ability to proactively support and develop colleagues in the delivery of care commensurate with Trust values and behaviours - Able to identify the role of education in fulfilling these values and demonstrates a passion for education in this context ### Leadership and Management **Essential** - Excellent communication skills - Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate - Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team leaders/ward manager/unit co-ordinator - Acts as a role model and able to lead by example to ensure the Trust’s values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice - Able to supervise non-registered and registered colleagues to ensure effective care delivery - Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety - Evidence of ability to delegate to and manage colleagues - Able to balance competing priorities within their workload ### Education, Training, Qualifications and Experience **Essential** - UK Health related recognised Degree, relevant to post - Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of NMC revalidation - Appropriate period of post-registration acute nursing experience - Evidence of specialist knowledge appropriate to the clinical area or practice development and education - Familiar with and able to effectively use common office software suites (e.g. MS Office) - Evidence of experience and qualifications in supervising and assessing colleagues and learners - Evidence of study at level 7 ## Documents - [clinical educator jd/ps (pdf, 232.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10479178) - [band 6 deputy sister/charge nurse (pdf, 342.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10479179) ## 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.