Clinical Educator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced and knowledgeable practitioner who will provide clinically based practice development and education to the nursing workforce. The post-holder will role model best, evidence-based professional practice, with 80% of the role involving clinical work. They will identify and support learning needs, ensuring a positive learning environment, and collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team. The role also involves coordinating, delivering, and evaluating training, ensuring it aligns with good practice and contributes to clinical governance.
Key responsibilities
- Act as an exemplary role model for best clinical practice and Trust values.
- Work alongside learners to facilitate their independent learning.
- Manage own time to ensure a balance between clinical education and education administrative activities.
- Deliver education programmes at a variety of levels and where required cross divisionally.
- Participate in audit, service improvement and research projects relevant to the clinical educator role.
Essential criteria
- UK Health related recognised Degree, relevant to post
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of NMC revalidation
- Appropriate period of post-registration acute nursing experience
- Evidence of specialist knowledge appropriate to the clinical area or practice development and education
- Familiar with and able to effectively use common office software suites (e.g. MS Office)
- Evidence of experience and qualifications in supervising and assessing colleagues and learners
- Evidence of study at level 7
- Experience of working within Emergency Medicine
- Demonstrates the ability to put patients at the heart of what they do and meet differing needs by fostering a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork
- Shows pride in the quality of care they provide for patients and provides evidence of learning from both successes and setbacks
- Able to identify high standards of health care and demonstrate the proven capacity to champion change and innovation that delivers these high standards
- Evidences the ability to proactively support and develop colleagues in the delivery of care commensurate with Trust values and behaviours
- Able to identify the role of education in fulfilling these values and demonstrates a passion for education in this context
- Articulate and knowledgeable regarding skills needed to deliver a high standard of care in the area of practice
- Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role and identify when to appropriately escalate/seek assistance
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team
- Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc. accurately, and effectively communicate these to appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Able to proactively contribute to the education of learners and non-registered and less experienced staff
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team leaders/ward manager/unit co-ordinator
- Acts as a role model and able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice
- Able to supervise non-registered and registered colleagues to ensure effective care delivery
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
- Evidence of ability to delegate to and manage colleagues
- Able to balance competing priorities within their workload
Desirable criteria
- Minimum 3 years experience in a Emergency Department
- Currently working in Band 6 Role
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Educator
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
The post-holder will be an experienced, knowledgeable practitioner who provides clinically based practice development and education to the nursing workforce. They will role model best, evidence-based professional practice. Clinical education support for all in the clinical environment is a substantial part of this role. 80% of the role is working clinically either supporting other staff or as part of the clinical team during a shift.
The clinical educator will identify and support the learning needs of their clinical area. The clinical educator is key to ensuring the clinical area is a positive learning environment through acting as an expert resource, ensuring local training resources are appropriate and up-to-date, and working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and senior colleagues.
Specific education interventions will be provided and may be co-developed with the education team. They will also assist in coordinating the delivery and evaluation of training. The clinical educator is key to ensuring training is grounded in good practice and will be involved in the education element of clinical governance and quality assurance.
Main duties of the job
- Act as an exemplary role model for best clinical practice and Trust values
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