Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Neonatal Lead Clinical Educator

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the Neonatal team in the role of Lead Clinical Educator at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

The role is key to planning and delivering a clear education and development strategy for Neonatal staff. Measuring the effectiveness against local and National standards through joint working with Key partners.

Main duties of the job

Working clinically, the post holder will support healthcare practitioners to develop appropriate clinical patient safety knowledge and skills, with achievement of competencies. Ensure optimisation of resources for provision and development of clinical education.

Act as a clinical expert, visionary, role model and deliver the education and learning for all staff, in a variety of settings, including the clinical area, working alongside the staff. Use of a blended learning approach to ensure maximum benefit from learning opportunities. Utilise effective methods to assess, evaluate, and measure the impact of competence on clinical care and patient safety.

Collaborate with wider Trust and ODN Education Teams to optimise the opportunity for inter-professional and multi-disciplinary working. Ensure that all clinical education is conceptualized and delivered around a centralised framework that maps across operational and workforce plans. Support the development of a skilled clinical workforce , equipped with the necessary professional and clinical skills for the delivery of high-quality patient care, aligned to learning from incidents, RCA's, SI's and Quality improvement projects.

Guidance to ensure the appropriate clinical skills are embedded into education and learning and those comply with professional body requirements, AEI accreditation process (where applicable) and are evidence based.

About us

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated "Good" by the CQC .

We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Details

Date posted

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

166-FC-7446233

Job locations

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Main Road

Chesterfield

S44 5BL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • 1st Level Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife & Post registration Qualification in Neonatology
  • Current NLS Certification

Desirable

  • Complaints management
  • Conflict resolution
  • Emergency planning

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration Neonatal experience
  • Leadership or Management training
  • Knowledge of audit and service improvement
  • Working knowledge of the incident process.

Desirable

  • Report writing experience
  • Risk management experience

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills & IT
  • Experience of managing change

Personal

Essential

  • Adaptable to meet service needs
  • Professional appearance & approach

Demonstrates our Proud to CARE Values

Essential

  • Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • 1st Level Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife & Post registration Qualification in Neonatology
  • Current NLS Certification

Desirable

  • Complaints management
  • Conflict resolution
  • Emergency planning

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration Neonatal experience
  • Leadership or Management training
  • Knowledge of audit and service improvement
  • Working knowledge of the incident process.

Desirable

  • Report writing experience
  • Risk management experience

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills & IT
  • Experience of managing change

Personal

Essential

  • Adaptable to meet service needs
  • Professional appearance & approach

Demonstrates our Proud to CARE Values

Essential

  • Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Main Road

Chesterfield

S44 5BL


Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Main Road

Chesterfield

S44 5BL


Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron

Michelle Swan

mtoogood@nhs.net

01246513846

Details

Date posted

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

166-FC-7446233

Job locations

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Main Road

Chesterfield

S44 5BL


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