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Job summary

Main area
Sister/Clinical Educator
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-0680-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
24/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
01/09/2025

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Cardiac Intensive Care 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

 

The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit has one current vacancy for a Clinical Educator and is seeking a high performing Nurse to join our dynamic, innovative and rapidly expanding team.

Our until has 12 Cardiac Intensive Care beds, providing top quality, modern facilitators for the management of cardiac and thoracic surgery. 

You will be supporting the Band 7 Clinical Educator, Senior Sisters and Matron to empower the team to maintain the delivery of patient focused, compassionate care providing advice and training solutions which meet organisational , professional, and individual developing needs.

Main duties of the job

 

The post holder will be responsible for the continued development of evidence based critical care nursing practice within CICU. 

They will use their expertise to provide support and act as a resource for senior and junior staff and members of the multidisciplinary team, demonstrating a commitment to Critical Care Nursing and unit philosophy through a framework of Clinical Governance. 

In addition, you will be expected to take on the role and responsibilities of a Sister / Charge Nurse and will regularly co-ordinate the unit. 

For this key role you will need to:

  • be an exceptional role model
  • be a credible clinical expert
  • have an excellent coaching and mentoring skills
  • be able to manage own workload
  • be innovative and embrace the challenges of change

Your role will involve the facilitation of training , education and ongoing professional and practice development, enabling staff to develop the clinical skills and competencies required delivering a high quality service, responsive to changing need.

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 employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

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
  • RGN Level one NMC
  • Continuous professional development
  • First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes) and a commitment to complete PGCE
  • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive relevant experience at AFC Band 5 / 6 in a cardiac critical care setting
  • Ward / Unit level managerial experience – co-ordinator role
  • Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
  • Completion of recognised accredited ICU course modules
  • Completion of Step 1, 2 & 3 critical care competencies or equivalent
  • Completion of CICU management competencies
  • Completed NMC recognised mentor qualification, or plan for undertaking qualification discussed / confirmed at appraisal

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of relevant post basic training and continuous professional development
  • Ability to communicate effectively including active listening, writing, and verbally, with individuals on a one-to-one basis, with groups, and the Multidisciplinary Team
  • Good understanding of the national strategic context of the NHS
  • Excellent performance management skills.
  • Highly developed leadership skills with excellent interpersonal skills – ability to form positive relationships at all levels.
  • Clinical expert
  • Motivated, innovative, receptive to change
  • Ability to work flexibly to cover the needs of the services.
  • Evidence of high-level commitment to professional development, training and education
  • Good understanding of information technology/ data bases.
  • Experience in developing and use of integrated care pathways

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
Heather Ross
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2714519
Additional information

Alternatively contact Marceline Ochieng, Lead Clinical Educator at [email protected] 

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