Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic and innovative paediatric nurse who is passionate about clinical education and development?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to come and join our friendly, passionate and dedicated paediatric team at East Surrey Hospital. We are looking to recruit a Clinical Practice Educator to support with training and education within our core paediatric services. The post holder will lead in developing our current nursing and care staff as well as providing a vital role in our preceptorship programme for our newly appointed registered nurses.

If you are interested in working with our CQC rated Outstanding service and making a difference to the lives of the children and young people we support, then come and join our team!

Our expanding paediatric service requires paediatric nursing and support staff who are skilled, clinically competent and highly organised, and who are able to safely and efficiently manage a high turnover of patients with complex care requirements. The service supports patients across the Child Assessment Unit, Outwood Ward (inpatient), Children’s Outpatients and our newly developed Day Procedures Unit. The service as a whole provides acute and planned care for a broad range of specialities including medicine, surgery, mental health illness, oncology, diabetes, respiratory, endocrinology and trauma. Patients range from newborn to 16 years and can present with complex medical and behavioural needs.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.