Paediatric Clinical Educator

The Clinical Educator supports the training, education and professional development of staff across the Childrens Directorate, working with multidisciplinary teams to promote high-quality patient care and a positive learning culture. The role involves identifying learning needs, assessing competence, addressing skills gaps and delivering education to support workforce development.

Key responsibilities include coordinating training programmes, supporting induction, preceptorship and mentorship, developing and reviewing competency-based learning resources, and providing educational support in practice. The post holder evaluates learning outcomes, maintains training records, manages study leave and provides reports on educational activity.

Working closely with clinical leaders, the Clinical Educator contributes to training needs analysis, quality improvement, audit and research activities. They support the delivery of core skills training and specialist education programmes, helping staff develop the knowledge, skills and confidence required to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care to children and young people.

Key Working Relationships

Children,

Young people and their families

Nurses

Women and

SCSD

(Specialist Clinical Services Dept.)

Medical and

Surgical Divisions

University of

Risk Assessment

Works with

display screen equipment

Required to

travel for work purposes

To support education

and training to the Childrens Directorate nursing team in order to deliver

excellent patient care through having the right staff trained in the right

skill at the right time.

In conjunction with the Childrens Directorate Clinical

Education Lead, liaise with relevant staff within the Childrens Directorate to

analyse the training needs

The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively

across boundaries, both internally and externally for the benefit of neonatal,

children and young peoples care and staff development, sharing areas of

expertise and best practice.

Deputise for the Directorate Clinical Educator Lead as

required.

To role model and uphold high practice care standards

through education and training

Key Duties

Education and

Demonstrating advanced communication skills, the post holder

will be expected to liaise effectively with all key members of the

multi-disciplinary and professional teams.

The post holder will support multi-professional practice and

learning across the organisation

Contribute to the development of a skilled professional

workforce and facilitate a range of education, training and learning

opportunities in the clinical environments.

The Clinical Educator will plan, organise and co-ordinate

training for the Childrens Directorate. He/she will ensure that both individual staff

and service needs are met and comply with organisational training and

development objectives.

Provide assessments of individual learning and development

needs in conjunction with the National Skills Framework

Provide educational support to staff in practice where the

need has been identified, assessing their competency by utilising action plans

and a structured approach

Identify any skills gaps and provide training sessions to

meet the needs of individual staff and give appropriate feedback on

progress/difficulties of staff to the line managers

To lead and influence education, training and development of

clinical and non-clinical workforce to provide progressive development

opportunities in relation to competence and skills attainment across the Childrens

Assist in the review & updating of competency training

packs & assessment packs ensuring completion of specific measurable

objectives.

Be engaged with all of the multi-professional learners

across education, including the development of education packages for new and

emerging roles e.g. Nursing Associates, Physicians Associates

Support the Childrens Directorate Clinical Education Lead

in implementing quality measures across the educational pathway.

Assist in the delivery of a structured, competency based

induction & training programme for new staff to the clinical area ensuring

a system of preceptorship & mentorship is fully utilised.

Meet all new healthcare professionals allocated to the

ward/department areas within the first few weeks & assess their training

needs. Discuss required education & training with the individuals line

manager

Utilise effective methods of assessment, evaluation and

impact of competence in clinical education.

To manage all study leave within the Study Leave Policy.

Maintain accurate and up to date records of learning events

both formal and informal and provide relevant reports to the Directorate

Management Team monthly.

Participate in audit and research relating to training and

education

Core Skills Training

Support the delivering and monitoring of education /

training requirements for all the nursing team within the Childrens

Support the delivery

of specific topics (with support from the organisational lead) for all the

nursing team staff within the Directorate.

Assess, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards

and the quality of patient care including the assessment of knowledge and

skills of staff working in the Directorate.

Support other Directorates Clinical Educators in relation to

practices concerning children and young people

Create a supportive learning environment and develop a

culture of learning.

Support staff to become supervisors, mentors and buddies for

appropriate learners within the Division

Analysis

Work with the Directorate education lead, matron, senior

sisters/ charge nurse in the development of a comprehensive Training Needs

Analysis (TNA) for all nursing team staff.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large

acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute

services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a

larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from

three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our

caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred

care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to

work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our

everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise

accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working

within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a

DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check

(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting

Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Skills and Knowledge

Desirable: - Good IT skills; - Knowledge of digital clinical systems

Qualifications

Experience