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Job summary

Main area
Acute and Emergency Medicine
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
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

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alan Hewitt
Job title
Lead Clinical Educator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01143052297
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