Band 6 Clinical Skills Practitioner, Education Job Vacancy in South Tyneside, England, UK

Job summary

BHRUT’s ambition is to become an ‘Employer of Choice’ for all students, learners, apprentices and local residents.

There has never been a better time to join us! We are embarking on the next exciting phase of our education and practice development innovation journey and are looking for an exceptional clinical skills educator to join the clinical skills education team.

Working with local university partners, we are co-creating an innovative clinical skills education and training faculty, inclusive of a rich suite of opportunities to develop as a clinical academic or as a professional clinical educator.

The ideal candidate would be a skilled Nurse or Midwife with excellent clinical skills, looking for a professional development challenge and/or a skilled Band 6 looking for a career change.

Through this innovative and exciting opportunity, the Clinical Skills Practitioner will also:

• Gain ‘real life’ experience of clinical teaching and training and programme design;
• Learn how to work with and influence senior clinicians and clinical professional leads;
• Gain transferable skills and experience in large group teaching;
• Develop their personal and professional profile as a clinical educato

We welcome applications from actively registered Nurses and Midwives with a a genuine passion for teaching and supporting the learning of others.

If you believe you have the skills, knowledge and expertise required for this dynamic role, apply now!

Main duties of the job

The role includes all aspects of practice-based teaching, lecturing, clinical skills training, and will be undertaken in a number of settings, including clinical areas, university and clinical simulation suites. The role also involves an element of practice assessment, evaluation of learning and learning audit, so some expertise and experience of these areas of education practice would be highly valued.

This is a delivery-focused role and to be successful you will need to be highly organised, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to manage competing priorities.

The Clinical Skills Practitioner role is responsible for supporting the co-ordination and delivery of Clinical Skills Training Trust wide, delivering on all aspects of clinical skills training and Manual Handling training. Delivery of training will be at a high standard and be evidence based. This role will involve delivering training programmes across all sites, teaching skills to a wide range of multi-disciplinary staff groups, student and apprentices and supporting clinical areas and wards with skills audits and learning support as necessary.

The post holder will support the Quality and Safety Lead for Education to meet the Trust’s clinical skills and training agenda across the trust.

About us

Under the leadership of our Chair, Jacqui Smith and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive we provide care for the residents of three diverse London boroughs. More than half of our 7,500 strong workforce are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and most live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. We also provide healthcare services to people in south-west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.

Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals, operating from two main sites – King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic and Harold Wood Polyclinic.

We know we have more work to do to improve waiting times for urgent and emergency care, and this will be one of the many benefits of our closer collaboration with Barts Health. Working with them and with all our partners across north east London, we will find a sustainable solution to enhance patient care.

We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We’re also pleased to be part of the NEL Cancer Alliance.