Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Practice Educator
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 156-7907039
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/06/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Practice Educator
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Practice Educator, to work in the learning and development department at RCHT.
Main duties of the job
The post focuses on:
Co-ordination and support of all non medical under graduate learners on placement within the Trust.
Support and development of Supervisors, Assessors and Preceptors in practice.
Provision of clinically based education within specific acute ward areas
supporting both pre-registration students and preceptees.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Acute Expereince
Essential criteria
- >2 years experience working in an acute clinical area.
- NMC/HCPC Pin Number
- Teaching and/or mentoring/Assessor qualification
- Evidence of teaching in a classroom and/or clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Experience in an academic setting
- Experience in a clinical teaching role
Evidence
Essential criteria
- Degree Qualification
- NMC/HCPC Pin Number
- Teaching and/or mentoring/Assessor qualification
- Experience as a preceptor
Desirable criteria
- ILS and/or MH qualifications
- Experience within a clinical teaching role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Evans
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Practice Educator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07500910820
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