Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within The Paediatric Emergency Department at the Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital for a Band 6 Clinical Educator. The department is a busy inner city major trauma centre and sees around 50,000 children a year.

The successful candidate will work in collaboration with Ward Manager and the senior nursing team to ensure all staff, particularly new starters are supported to learn and develop new specialist skills. 

This is an exciting prospect for an organised knowledgeable nurse proficient in caring for children in emergency settings and their families who wishes to gain further leadership and education/teaching experience.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work in collaboration Ward Manager with particular focus on;

Training and education, for staff, patients and carer's.

Supporting classroom teaching 

Working alongside the MFT's  education team becoming involved in the teaching of AIMs and trust induction

Working alongside staff to coordinate and teach complex discharge management and coordination.

Leadership and professional role modelling through  preparation and coordination, complex communication, challenging practice as required and celebrating achievement as it occurs.

Review of pathways to identify training needs of staff and ensure appropriate education.

Review of local guidelines and protocols to ensure up to date and accessible to staff.

To continue to review and update the education strategy to ensure appropriate knowledge and skills of staff.

To participate in teaching/ training for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital “New Staff Induction Programme.

Supporting the ward manager to ensure quality, safety and patient experience.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.