Clinical EducatorinManchesterinManchesterPUBLISHED WED 26 MAR 2025

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area respiratory LTV Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 9 months (Secondment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 349-MCH-7065100*

Site Ward 83, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Town Manchester Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 08/04/2025 23:59

Job Overview

We are delighted to announce that we have a vacancy for a Clinical Educator to join Ward 83 at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our nursing team.

Are you a Registered Paediatric Nurse with evidence of teaching, have post registration experience and a portfolio of evidence demonstrating achievements in practice/education?

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be able to work independently and will provide high quality educational support to our registered and non-registered workforce including our new starters.

You will be committed to improving quality of care and patient experience. The role is challenging and interesting with the opportunity to expand and develop your own knowledge and skills within a supportive team.

You will be responsible for the upkeep of mandatory training within the ward , ensuring that the staff have the clinical skills they need to ensure patient safety.

You will support the staff with aspects of continuous professional development and have an oversight of staff appraisals and revalidations.

You will support staff caring for children with complex medical conditions who require long term ventilation and non invasive ventilation.

You will work closely alongside the ward manager to assist in quality improvement initiatives.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First level registration RN (child) RSCN
• Evidence of CPD in relevant speciality
• Qualified to function as mentor for pre registration students
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Teaching/assessing qualification.
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Clinically competent in name clinical area / speciality
• Awareness of clinical governance process
  
  

training and experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial experience in relevant area, post registration experience
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice
• Evidence of multidisciplinary / multiagency working.
• Competent in use of IT and computer skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of internal or external teaching
• Implementation of audit/research recommendations
• Evidence of implementing a service development/change
• Experience of clinical audit.
  
  

Attributes

Essential criteria

• Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues
• Treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
• Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour Enthusiasm and inspirational skills
  
  

Skills And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Evidence of teaching and assessing skills / ability
• Proven workload management of self and of others
• Proven ability to prob