Job summary
- Main area
- Acute and Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 190-0780-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/09/2025
Employer heading

Clinical Educator
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Clinical educator post has arisen within Acute and Emergency Medicine to work as a clinical educator and also as an opportunity for professional and personal development.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate good motivational leadership skills and have experience in supporting and facilitating learning within a clinical environment. They must be a positive role model contributing and maintaining the quality standards and governance agenda within AEMP. Applicants should have a great interest in change management, self-motivated, dynamic and forward thinking. Can use excel spread sheet and possess IT skills.
Please note this advertisement is for both full time and part time opportunities.
Main duties of the job
The post holders responsibilities consist of a range of core teaching duties which include but not limited to:
- Planning, delivery and development of teaching sessions at Study Days
- Skills based practical sessions
- Clinical skills teaching for staff members
- To assess feedback and respond to incidents by supporting to formulating real-time learning opportunities.
- Have a great interest in high fidelity simulation and feedback.
- Attend senior meetings, Matrons and governance meeting and take forward elements of Clinical learning environment strategy supporting processes and transformation in line with the education plan across the directorate.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.
As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registered
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
- Relevant degree or evidence of study at degree level
Desirable criteria
- Leadership course
- Training and assessing in the work place
- Possess or be prepared to work towards a post graduate qualification in education
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience in an acute and emergency medicine
- Experience working on AMU/ED
- Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Evidence of high-level commitment to professional development. Training and education
- Experience of delivering teaching sessions and presentations
- Evidence of supporting newly qualified nurses
Desirable criteria
- Clinical skills competencies i.e. venepuncture, cannulation
- Master trainer for clinical skills
- Moving and handling key trainer
- Advanced Life Support provider
- Delivery of clinical simulation and debriefing
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- IT literate knowledge of Electronic Patient record and any system used in providing care and services
- Ability to communicate effectively including active listening, writing, and verbally, with individuals on a one-to- one basis and with groups
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines
- Persuasion and influencing skills
- Presentation skills
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
- Alan Hewitt
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Educator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01143052297
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