Clinical Educator | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to join the new Faculty of Education, Nursing, Midwifery and AHP.
As a Clinical Educator, you will support the quality of the clinical learning environment for non-medical learners i.e. Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals by providing support, educational input and development activities for supervisors, assessors and learners within pre-registration health science programmes.You will encourage the development of a learning culture where both education and lifelong learning are seen as integral to clinical practice and will positively contribute to the development of a workforce fit for purpose.
As a clinical educator you will be expected to:
Have a passion for education and knowledge of healthcare science and allied health professional education pathways.
Model high professional standards of care and promote a culture of learning, to provide professional and clinical practice training.
Be a visible practice presence in the clinical learning environments within clinical support services providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their learning objectives.
Provide support to those assessing and supervising students/ learners on a range of programmes.
Assist supervisors, assessors, practice educators and departmental managers to facilitate the integration of theory and practice within the clinical environment for a variety of learners.
Maintain accurate records of training, assessment and support provided, and provide reports as requested.
Deliver a robust induction to learners who are commencing placements.
Assist staff with access to supervisor and educator training
Deliver teaching sessions on a variety of clinical programmes including learner forums, simulation sessions and PrePARE programme.
Support the establishment and maintenance of a portfolio of high quality practice placements that’s support the learning needs of learners.
Support trust wide clinical training needs
Provide opportunities for professional development
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.
We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.
In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the job role.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Sep 2024