Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available to cover Maternity leave for 9 months at our Newham Hospital Simulation Centre. As part of Barts Health NHS Trust, Newham Hospital is one of 5 hospitals which make up the Trust. Barts Health boasts some of the most innovative approaches to Medical Education in the U.K. Following considerable investment in facilities and equipment, the Trust has access to extensive and high quality training equipment, and experienced faculty to deliver this education.

The Simulation and Essential Clinical Skills service forms part of the Education Academy within Barts Health. It is responsible for providing facilities and educational opportunities for both undergraduate and post graduate doctors in training across Barts Health and supporting inter-professional education and training. The successful candidate will work closely as part of the wider Simulation and Essential Clinical skills team that includes medical leads, clinical skills facilitators, and education academy Fellows.

Interview date:  26th May 2025

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit to the position of Simulation Centre Lead Specialist to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate will lead at the Newham Hospital site for the delivery of simulation and clinical skills. You  will be expected to be  involved in the wider remit of team training and debriefing in the clinical areas in response to both planned in-situ education and real life clinical incidents.  The successful post holder will work as part of the simulation team based across all 4 simulation centres and work alongside the wider simulation team.  

As part of this role the post holder will be required to  design, develop, deliver & evaluate Clinical Education Programmes which encompass essential clinical skills, high fidelity simulation, haptic skills training, human factors, communications skills & patient safety training. 

They will support the trusts long term strategy to embed a culture of Patient Safety & Human factors awareness through all educational programmes. Also be able to promote & support an active and responsive approach to training & development across the Trust through clinical, human factors & communication skills, & simulation based learning initiatives.

The post holder will be based in the Simulation Centre within Newham Hospital; however, they will be expected to work across the 4 Trust sites as necessary

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band