Job summary
- Main area
- HCPC/NMC Registered
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-GM2303-COR
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brighton general Hospital
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Learning Facilitator
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
To work within the Clinical Development and Education Team under the direction of the Clinical Learning Lead to carry out a range of activities relating to learning and development to a variety of registered and non-registered clinical staff across the spectrum of clinical practice teams. As a registered professional (e.g. Registered Nurse / AHP), within a designated workstream the post-holder will work as a part of a small team, carrying out targeted activities aiming to improve knowledge, skills and experiences of staff, students, and patients. There will be a combination of working and supporting in care delivery settings (including patient homes) and facilitating/co-ordinating or delivering education programmes to a selection of learners (a combination of staff, students (including apprentices and return to practice), on an individual basis or in groups which may be multi-professional and include a range of roles).
The post-holder will work as part of the multi-professional Clinical Education and Development Team, collaborating to harness the existing subject expertise and supporting the delivery of current programmes of learning and supporting all learners working or studying across the range of clinical services in SCFT. You will support the progression of virtual learning environments and technology to offer a blended approach, maximising access and breaking down barriers.
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Main duties of the job
- To act as a role model for clinical staff which addresses patient needs and ensure the delivery of safe patient care.
- Keeps accurate, contemporaneous records and written reports as required.
- Reports and proactively supports continuing professional development activities and general development issues arising from clinical and non-clinical incidents.
- Communicate effectively with learners and colleagues at all times in a manner consistent with the knowledge and skills of a senior practitioner.
- Using a range of resources and media, acquire, assimilate, and generate complex information and convey in an appropriate manner within and beyond the organisation.
- Be able to advise on completion of documentation, and changes as they arise, and ensure training materials accurately reflect the reality of patient records.
- Act at all times in a manner which respects privacy, dignity, and confidentiality.
- Contribute to effective communication within the Clinical Education and Development Team and throughout the Trust
- Deputise for Clinical Learning Lead in times of absence; ensuring this role is carried out in collaboration with relevant colleagues.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Demonstrates maintenance and continuous professional development of professional knowledge skills and competencies in line with own professional regulatory body requirements (e.g. NMC/HCPC).
· Involvement in the delivery of patient care in the context of training, education, and competency assessment of others.
· Drawing on evidence base, influence how care is provided by identifying priority areas in clinical, professional, and operational practice.
· Support and advise on how clinical competence can be achieved through direct patient contact.
· To act as a role model for clinical staff which addresses patient needs and ensure the delivery of safe patient care.
· Keeps accurate, contemporaneous records and written reports as required.
· Reports and proactively supports training and development issues arising from clinical and non-clinical incidents.
· Supporting training and development of staff as identified through training needs analysis and development plans to reduce risk to vulnerable people (e.g. frailty, safeguarding) by ensuring key messages are included in all programmes.
· Participates / facilitates meetings in response to the clinical development needs of staff.
· Works collaboratively with clinical professional colleagues and agencies to ensure effective communication in order that professional practice development needs for staff are identified.
· Manages risk and maintains service delivery through effective communication and liaison with Service Managers, staff, and professional colleagues.
· Engages constructively with clinicians and learners to support, develop and enhance quality standards of clinical practice in the work environment.
· Provides best practice advice, development and communicates to clinical staff, patients and carers based on current evidence-based knowledge.
· Partakes in clinical supervision of registered professionals as required by the clinical supervision policy.
· Keeps clinical knowledge current and remains informed about professional developments by critically appraising research and evidence and actively seeking out learning opportunities.
· Demonstrate personal accountability in their everyday practice and an understanding of their responsibility for staff to which they delegate actions.
· Contributes to the improvement of patient care and patient safety by effectively disseminating and integrating evidence-based guidance into clinical practice.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Professional Registration – HCPC / NMC
- Educated to degree level
- Practice Assessor / Clinical Educator (as professionally applicable)
Desirable criteria
- Post Graduate certificate in Health and Social Care Education or relevant qualification in education or working towards/willing to undertake
- Patient handling qualification
- Resuscitation qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration clinical experience
- Teaching / assessing / supervising / coaching experience
- Experience of supporting learners in practice (e.g. students on placement, new staff)
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable skills in leadership and change management
- Independent Prescriber
- Physical Assessment Skills
- Clinical experience in a range of settings including where patients may deteriorate
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate up to date clinical expertise in relation to clinical practice
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of current NHS legislation and policies
- Advanced communication skills including difficult conversations, negotiation, managing conflict
- Promotes patient centred care including self-management
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Demonstrate application of evidence-based practice
- IT literate
- Understanding and knowledge of current issues in the NHS
- Demonstrate competency in a range of clinical skills, reviewing and interpretation of patient records
- Ability to work autonomously and make own decisions, competently, confidently, and efficiently
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a high level of understanding of self and able to identify personal limitations and show openness to address them
- Ability to travel between sites,
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Belinda Alexander
- Job title
- Clinical Education & Development Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07435733249
- Additional information
Belinda's working hours Monday - Friday 08:00 - 16:00
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