Job summary
An
exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Clinical Educator within the
Childrens Professional Development Team within the Paediatric Education
Centre for a substantive post. The focus of this role will be driving quality
and service improvement within the Leeds Childrens Hospital (LCH) through
education, mandatory training, priority training and professional development
education. The applicant should possess excellent organisational skills and
be highly motivated with the ability to motivate and inspire others through
the creation of an innovative culture of education and the ability to develop
and implement strategy to achieve this. Applicants must be able to
demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and be able to establish effective
links with the wider Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
The
successful applicant must possess a recognised teaching/assessment
qualification and significant experience of working clinically in LCH, having
an understanding of how the service runs.
Experience
in education and teaching is desirable. The candidate will have the
opportunity to bring their own ideas to improve education and staff
development across LCH.
Expected Shortlisting
Date
02/01/2026
Planned Interview
Date
12/01/2026
Main duties of the job
The
post holder would be responsible for overseeing and facilitating induction
training and annual update training for new starters and existing staff
including all Registered Nurses, Registered Nursing Associates and
Non-Registered clinical facing staff.
You will be responsible for providing quality assurance of teaching
content, competency packages and online learning. The post holder will be
required to keep an audit trail of training provided across LCH.
Additional
aspects of the role will include working with the Childrens Professional
Development Lead and Quality Practitioners in responding to clinical audits,
incidents, service improvement to ensure patient and staff safety. This post
holder will need to be proactive and motivated to drive change within the
wider MDT. The post holder will work
with the childrens education teams across LCH to instigate further training
and education required for existing staff through clinical skills training.
About us
The
Leeds Childrens Hospital is one the UKs largest specialist childrens
hospitals that provides acute tertiary services for children and young people
across the Yorkshire and Humber region. We host 27 medical and surgical
specialties across our 16 inpatient wards in addition to our Paediatric
Critical Care Service, Childrens Medical and Surgical Day Case Unit,
Childrens Assessment Unit and Childrens Outpatient Department. We are a
specialist regional centre for liver and renal transplantation, complex childrens
cancer treatment, neurosurgery, and congenital cardiac surgery.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Jobholder will play an essential role supporting Nursing and Midwifery
education by facilitating education, training and practice development within
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The
job holder will facilitate the development of clinical staff both registered
and unregistered.
The
job holder will support the assessment of the quality of clinical and other
practice learning environments, and implement interventions for improvement.
The job holder will support practice assessors/supervisors and clinical
professional development for preceptorship.
The
job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole
service working. As a role model they
will promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality,
effective and efficient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Jobholder will play an essential role supporting Nursing and Midwifery
education by facilitating education, training and practice development within
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The
job holder will facilitate the development of clinical staff both registered
and unregistered.
The
job holder will support the assessment of the quality of clinical and other
practice learning environments, and implement interventions for improvement.
The job holder will support practice assessors/supervisors and clinical
professional development for preceptorship.
The
job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole
service working. As a role model they
will promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality,
effective and efficient care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Practice Assessor (or equivalent)
- Leadership and Management
Desirable
- Professional Nurse Advocate
- Leeds Improvement Method/Project Management
- PGCert Clinical Education (or working towards/willingness to work towards)
Experience
Essential
- Working in Paediatric Nursing
- Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
- Audit and Governance
- Ability to design, deliver and evaluate teaching sessions
- Ability to assess competence using recognised frameworks
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Task prioritisation and workload management
- Ability to lead educational initiatives, projects or programmes
- Coaching, mentoring, and supportive leadership skills
- Competent with online learning resource and IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to deliver feedback sensitively and constructively
- Accountable
- Compassionate
- Proactive
- Professionalism
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Practice Assessor (or equivalent)
- Leadership and Management
Desirable
- Professional Nurse Advocate
- Leeds Improvement Method/Project Management
- PGCert Clinical Education (or working towards/willingness to work towards)
Experience
Essential
- Working in Paediatric Nursing
- Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
- Audit and Governance
- Ability to design, deliver and evaluate teaching sessions
- Ability to assess competence using recognised frameworks
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Task prioritisation and workload management
- Ability to lead educational initiatives, projects or programmes
- Coaching, mentoring, and supportive leadership skills
- Competent with online learning resource and IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to deliver feedback sensitively and constructively
- Accountable
- Compassionate
- Proactive
- Professionalism
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.
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.
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).
