Associate Educator for Healthcare Support Workers - Theatres inYork inYork PUBLISHED
TUE 14 JAN 2025
The role involves cross-site travel to both York and Scarborough theatres, fostering a safe and supportive working environment. The Trust values kindness, openness, and excellence, encouraging diverse applications and flexibility in working arrangements. Interested candidates who meet the required skills are invited to apply and contribute to a team committed to high-quality healthcare.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Associate Educator to support and develop our Band 2 workforce.
We would like to recruit a dynamic individual to join the existing clinical educator team; this role will be aimed to support and develop our Band 2 Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW), within our theatre areas. Their duties will include working alongside other Healthcare Support Workers whilst performing their duties, always acting as a role model and assisting with training days for these staff.
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual that displays all the trust values in a professional manner. This individual will strive to lead by example, to ensure a high standard of basic care is provided for all of our patients. It is important that the individual has a kind, caring and understanding manner to complement their outstanding communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
The candidate would be expected to work independently within their scope of practice.
The successful candidate should have a passion for teaching and be able to provide constructive encouragement and support to staff. As part of the Clinical Education team you will be expected to support the Health Care Support Workers across the theatre areas, by working alongside our staff to ensure they have the necessary skills and competencies to allow them to perform a HCSW role to its full potential.
The role will involve cross site travelling, to ensure we provide support at both York and Scarborough theatres.
We can offer you a safe and supportive working environment, where you will be a valued member of our team. If you feel you have the suitable skills and could add value to our team we would love to hear from you.
About us
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
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