Clinical Educator

Are you an experienced registered HCPC or NMC practitioner with a minimum of 2 years post registration experience? We are pleased to announce an opportunity for an experienced clinician with education experience to join the Clifton Education team based at Nottingham Trent University. You will be required to support education provision across education sites.

The role of Clinical Educator is an important role within EMAS Education and contributes to the delivery of taught programmes, as well as supporting divisional practice development and annual educational updates.

This is a particularly exciting time in education and EMAS have a range of students/learners accessing the Paramedic Apprenticeship, First Response Emergency Care (FREC) pathway (Technician) and clinical induction programmes. We provide learning & development related to the Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP) and Newly Qualified Technician (NQT) Programme. You will need to be confident to teach and assess across the range of educational provision. The successful applicant will be supported by a designated Senior Clinical Educator and will be required to undertake the necessary qualifications required for the post.

Main duties of the job

To take responsibility as part of the Education and Organisational Learning team for providing professional education, training and learning opportunities within the Ambulance Education Centre. To work in collaboration with managerial colleagues to provide assessment and mentoring opportunities that will contribute to the improvement in the quality of patient care and clinical outcomes. To provide educational support and guidance to divisional management teams such as divisional senior clinical leads, station managers and their team members in order to improve the dissemination of learning within divisions and facilitate the continuing professional development of staff.

About us

The Clinical Education Team embrace the EMAS Trust values and are committed to developing and delivering high quality clinical education which is student focused. They are dedicated to not only supporting students but anyone who joins the team in order to ensure they feel able to carry out their role in a safe and caring environment. The team work hard but there is a strong team identity and a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see above within the job overview and the main responsibilities sections. Also refer directly to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• HCPC Registered Paramedic* OR Registered Nurse OR Registered allied health professional (*Paramedics, completion of the NQP consolidation process is required*)
• Portfolio of CPD evidence showing commitment to personal development.
• Relevant first degree in health care related subject or evidence of working at level 6
• Willingness to work towards achieving required teaching/assessing qualifications
• Minimum of 2 years operational experience as a paramedic/nurse/allied healthcare professional

Desirable

• Advanced Life Support qualification Pre-hospital Paediatric Life Support or paediatric Life support Trauma - PHTLS or equivalent Internal quality assurance qualification Mentorship qualification
• L4 teaching qualification L3 assessing qualification
• 5 years operational experience
• Knowledge of Higher Education Pathways

Employer details

Employer name

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Clifton Education Centre, Nottingham Trent University Campus
Clifton Lane
Nottingham
NG11 8NS

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