Do you want to make a difference?

Do you want to help sculpt the future of healthcare?

If your answer is YES then carry on reading, you are the person we are looking for.

As a Clinical Educator, you will be responsible for facilitating and delivering educational programs to clinical staff, including nurses, physicians, and other allied health professionals. We are also partnered with other learning providers to educate, share best practices and collaborate on initiatives.

Our simulation centres offer a safe and realistic learning environment that allows healthcare professionals to practice and perfect their clinical skills before applying them in real-life situations. This allows us to offer high-quality educational programs that improve patient outcomes and enhance the confidence and competence of our learners.

As a Clinical Educator in our team, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge simulation technology, including high-fidelity mannequins and virtual reality tools, engaging with a diverse group of healthcare professionals. You will also have access to ongoing professional development opportunities, including training in simulation education and research, Advanced Life Support Course and sponsorship for PG Cert. in Education.

You will be part of a team that is dedicated to enhancing the skills and knowledge of our healthcare professionals, improving patient outcomes and helping us to shape the future of healthcare education

Main duties of the job

Work closely with multidisciplinary teams across the Trust exercising specialist knowledge in the field of core clinical skills and simulation-based education.

With support from Senior Educators, ensure education provided is:

*Competency and skills based

*Meets Core standards and Clinical Governance criteria

*Meets national standards required

*Is current and evidence based

*Are designed in response to the needs of patients, staff and local healthcare providers

Act as a resource for clinical supervisors within the clinical areas to ensure that they are up to date with current policy and procedures in specified clinical skills.

Develop training outlines, session plans, learning objectives, competency statements and visual aids ensuring a consistent approach to training is implemented and delivered across the Trust to all commissioners & users of the service.

Plan methodology of training delivery that is appropriate to specific staff groups as well as multi-disciplinary audience

Liaise with clinical experts to review the content of training programmes on a regular basis.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Clinical professional registration /NMC/AHP qualifications ( E)
• Post Graduate Certificate of Education or equivalent or willing to work towards (E)
• BSc in health related field or evidence of working at this level (E)
• Maintained relevant CPD activity of a minimum 35 hours in the past 3 years (E)
• Post Registration experience in a relevant clinical or educational field. (E)

Desirable

• Evidence of on-going and relevant additional professional development activities.

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post registration experience in an acute clinical area (E)
• Recent experience in an acute setting (E)
• Planning and management (E)
• Evidence of supporting and training others in the clinical environment (E)
• Delivery of formal and informal teaching sessions(E)

Desirable

• Ability to critically analyse research data and apply to current practice (D)
• Evidence of innovation in learning and teaching (D)
• Experience of developing and evaluating training materials (D)
• Evidence of development of multi-professional learning initiatives (D)
• Audit & monitoring standards (D)
• Participating in and implementing change (D)
• Understanding of the regulation of healthcare and education (D)
• Ability to populate and use excel and other IT systems (D)

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Flexibility in approach and attitude with proven ability in prioritising workload in the face of competing demands (E)
• High level of work organisation , self-motivation and drive for improvement (E)
• Open and honest style with strong personal integrity (E)
• Personal resilience in dealing with frequent, emotive and highly challenging situations (E)
• Willingness to learn new skills (E)
• Flexible in approach to working patterns (E)
• Able to travel across all trust sites as required (E)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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