Learning Disability Clinical Educator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic highly skilled and motivated registered practitioner to join the Community learning Disability Team in North Tyneside as a Learning Disability Clinical Educator. Our team is a large well established and supportive multi-disciplinary team offering holistic health care support to children and adults who have a learning disability living in North Tyneside., The main purpose of the Learning Disability Clinical Educator role is to understand the barriers and challenges with current training offers and co-produce a sustainable, accessible and high-quality training offer to community and acute staff within Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust. Upskilling the workforce and providing ongoing learning for staff and health professionals who support people with learning disabilities to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe and accessible patient care, driving down health inequalities for those living with a learning disability.

This post will suit candidates who thrive in roles which include variety, complexity and challenges alongside opportunities for growth. You must have a range of experience of working with people with a learning disability to enable you to upskill the workforce in developing their skills, knowledge and confidence in supporting people with a learning disability across both community and acute settings.

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 Code of Professional Conduct. The role will have a significant amount of innovation, quality improvement and pathway development alongside the Community Learning Disability Team and Learning Disability Acute Liaison Nurses. If you feel you have the above attributes, then we would look forward to receiving your application.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England