Clinical Educator
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
Are you a passionate and experienced children’s nurse? We are seeking a highly motivated Band 6 Clinical Educator to join and work with the GNCH Education Team. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a specific interest in education and relevant transferable paediatric experience. The post holder will require a flexible and adaptable approach and act as a resource and role model within the clinical areas. This will support the delivery of high-quality nursing care by ensuring systems and processes are in place to always ensure the continuity of safe and effective care.
- Interview Date Monday 01 December 2025
- 34 Hours/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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The post holder will be expected to support and maintain an effective learning environment and in response to training needs analysis, deliver and develop training and education programmes. The training will include the delivery of mandatory training sessions, equipment training and practice development. They will be required to monitor staff and support with clinical skills compliance and competency. The successful applicant will work alongside clinical staff where required supporting rotating, returning or new staff to practice, ensuring staff are delivering care at the highest standard.
The post holder will have excellent communication and development skills and a good understanding of the issues linked with current care and education policies. They should be self-motivated, an excellent communicator and have proven and educational skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team as well as autonomously to prioritize and problem solve
It is essential you hold a current Healthcare Professional Registration, have recent experience working in a clinical environment and meet the NMC requirements for Practice Supervisor and Assessor. A teaching / assessing qualification would be desirable.
The successful post holder will be supported to develop their career and will have an opportunity to bring their own ideas to improve/ develop the education packages across GNCH.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The primary purpose of this role is to support and deliver on-going education, training for nursing and midwifery teams and may be required to support members of the MDT
- Identify all opportunities for themselves and others where learning can take place, both formally and informally
- Support a Training Needs Analysis and maintain registers of training as appropriate, support ward and departmental sisters/charge nurses to ensure mandatory training is compliant with Trust standard
- Makes an active contribute to the Corporate agenda which should be in the region of 40% of the time
- Contribute to corporate training and education. Will be asked to support practice development initiatives
- Develop appropriate competency based clinical skills education and develop relevant competency assessment documents for approval by the appropriate Trust Committee e.g. Clinical Role Development Group or Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Group.
- Support the Trust Governance and Patient Safety agenda through active participation in the work of the Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Group
- To maintain the delivery and quality of services provided within the care environment including the care delivered, supporting nursing standards and acting as a role model working clinically with staff where needed
- To provide a nursing lead as a member of the multidisciplinary team
o Provide advice
o Patient and Staff advocacy - Influence change and development of practice, utilising the most recent evidence base
- Support the appropriate manager with the development and performance management review of staff where appropriate
- Abide by Trust policies when dealing with complaints, accidents and incidents
- Maintain discipline within the clinical area, abiding by Trust Disciplinary Procedure Policies
- Contribute to interview panels, where appropriate in the appointment of staff, and be aware of legislation and local personnel policies affecting the employment of staff
- Implementation of evaluation audits to measure the impact of educational programmes and disseminate the results
- Support and deliver a competency based induction for new staff and students to the directorate
- Facilitate the provision of Clinical Supervision ensuring this is a support mechanism available to all staff
- Identify areas of good practice and provide opportunities for staff to share this across the organisation
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.