Job summary
Closing Date:22nd October 2025
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing23nd October 2025
Interviews to take place on: 13th November 2025
We are seeking a Clinical Educator to join our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) team at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This exciting role is pivotal in supporting the education and development of both unregistered and registered clinical staff, including Healthcare Assistants, Nurses, Midwives, and Allied Health Professionals.
As a Clinical Educator, you will contribute to the design, delivery, and evaluation of training programmes, ensuring high-quality education that supports patient safety, clinical competence, and professional development. You will also play a key role in supporting staff with career development plans and accessing CPD funding, helping to shape the future workforce.
Main duties of the job
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Design, deliver, and evaluate training courses for clinical staff, including Health Care Assistants and registered professionals.
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Support learners with the Care Certificate and clinical competencies.
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Assist with practical clinical skills training and simulation exercises.
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Work alongside staff in clinical areas to assess and support learning.
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Support staff in career development planning and accessing CPD funding.
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Collaborate with clinical and education teams to identify learning needs and develop new training opportunities.
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Contribute to mandatory training, risk management education, and workforce development initiatives.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached job description and person specification.
Informal enquiries are welcome and can be directed to Jill Horsfall.
Jill.Horsfall@bthft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached job description and person specification.
Informal enquiries are welcome and can be directed to Jill Horsfall.
Jill.Horsfall@bthft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience in healthcare profession involving direct patient contact.
- Evidence of teaching and assessing in clinical settings, preferably with experience of teaching practical skills at a range of levels.
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical care to individuals with critical and complex care needs (adults or children or both).
- Experience or involvement with simulation training.
- Experience of writing policies/guidelines.
Skills
Essential
- Experience of providing leadership and managing in a clinical environment.
- IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office software.
Desirable
- Project management skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality.
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff.
- Knowledge of patient safety and risk issues
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification with full registration with the NMC or HCPC
- Relevant recognised teaching/assessing qualification e.g. SLIP, PGCE.
- Relevant healthcare degree.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience in healthcare profession involving direct patient contact.
- Evidence of teaching and assessing in clinical settings, preferably with experience of teaching practical skills at a range of levels.
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical care to individuals with critical and complex care needs (adults or children or both).
- Experience or involvement with simulation training.
- Experience of writing policies/guidelines.
Skills
Essential
- Experience of providing leadership and managing in a clinical environment.
- IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office software.
Desirable
- Project management skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality.
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff.
- Knowledge of patient safety and risk issues
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification with full registration with the NMC or HCPC
- Relevant recognised teaching/assessing qualification e.g. SLIP, PGCE.
- Relevant healthcare degree.
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).
