Clinical Educator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic highly skilled and motivated registered Practitioner to join main theatre in Freeman Hospital as the Clinical Educator. This will suit candidates who thrive in roles which include variety, complexity and challenges alongside opportunities for growth. You must be a Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner to apply for this role and have a vast amount of theatre experience to support staff in developing their advanced skills which are required to provide effective nursing care. As part of the Clinical educator team, you will help and support the corporate delivery of education and act as a role model within Newcastle hospitals. The ideal candidate must be able to build relationships with staff at all stages of their career to support them with the development of skills and competencies is essential. You are required to have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and will need to be a highly motivated, committed
practitioner who is passionate about delivering high quality education and guidance. You will provide expert assistance, support and exercise accountability as set out in the NMC/ HCPC Code of Professional Conduct. The role will have a significant amount of innovation, quality improvement and pathway development alongside the senior theatre team.If you feel that you have the above attributes, then we would look forward to receiving your application.,

• The successful applicant will support and deliver initial and ongoing education, training and CPD within the department to specialist teams. The role will support managers within the department to provide and enable staff development, creating a workforce with specialist skills and knowledge.


• The post holder will be required to work with staff to identify learning needs and support opportunities and training to meet those needs; this will include Trust statutory and mandatory training compliance and clinical competency assessment.


• They will also support the Trust departmental governance and patient safety agenda delivering training to maintain high standards and quality of service.


• The post holder will be required to deliver programmes of study and work collaboratively with educators from the all theatres suites. In addition, the successful candidate will actively contribute to the Trust's corporate agenda working alongside the Trust Practice Development team contributing to the development of nursing practice Trust wide.


• The successful candidate will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills, being able to demonstrate the ability to work independently and part of a team. The successful candidate will be required to have evidence of ongoing professional development with previous post registration experience which is relevant and recent.
  
  Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.


We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

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, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.