Clinical Educator (XR06)

Anexciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 clinical educator role within theNeurology and Neurosurgical Childrens Service. The focus of this role will bedriving quality and service improvement within childrens surgery througheducation, training and audit. The applicant should possess excellentorganisational skills and be highly motivated with the ability to motivate andinspire others through the creation of an innovative culture of education andthe ability to develop and implement strategy to achieve this. Applicants mustbe able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and be able to establisheffective links with the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).

The post holder would be responsible for overseeingand facilitating the compliance and maintenance of Leeds Teaching HospitalTrust required competencies and training for registered and non-registeredclinical facing staff in partnership with team leads. You will be responsiblefor delivering training in a classroom setting, online learning platform and atthe bedside. The post holder will be responsible for keeping an audit trail ofstaff compliance, competence and have a real focus of instilling confidence inclinical skills. The post holder will develop training packages andcompetencies to align with national and local frameworks to drive patientsafety.

Expected ShortlistingDate

13/02/2026

Planned InterviewDate

24/02/2026

Main duties of the job

Additionalaspects of the role will include working with the Senior Clinical Educatorfor Surgical, Speciality and Medicine Services, Lead Nurse for ChildrensEducation, Matron for Childrens Surgery and Lead Nurse for Quality inresponding to clinical audits, incidents and service improvement to ensurepatient and staff safety.

Thesuccessful applicant must possess a foundation qualification and/orequivalent as well as a recognised teaching/assessment qualification (e.g.PAPP, SLIPs or mentorship etc.). Significant experience of working clinicallyin the childrens service, understanding of how the service runs andinvolvement in the delivery education and training within the clinicalsetting are desirable.

Therole involves working on weekdays and in daytime hours but requiringflexibility to accommodate service need. Additionally, part of the contractedhours will be worked as clinical Band 6 shifts, covering a full service ofhours, to develop and maintain clinical skills and expertise. The candidatewill have the opportunity to bring their own ideas to improve education andstaff development within the surgical childrens service.

About us

TheLeeds Childrens Hospital is one the UKs largest specialist childrenshospitals that provides acute tertiary services for children and young peopleacross the Yorkshire and Humber region. We host 27 medical and surgicalspecialties across our 16 inpatient wards in addition to our PaediatricCritical Care Service, Childrens Medical and Surgical Day Case Unit,Childrens Assessment Unit and Childrens Outpatient Department. We are aspecialist regional centre for liver and renal transplantation, complex children'scancer treatment, neurosurgery, and congenital cardiac surgery.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

TheJobholder will play an essential role supporting Nursing and Midwiferyeducation by facilitating education, training and practice development withinLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Thejob holder will facilitate the development of clinical staff both registeredand unregistered. The job holder will be responsible for keeping an audittrail and assurance of competencies for all clinical facing staff. They willbe required to instigate change management initiatives and

Thejob holder will support the assessment of the quality of clinical and otherpractice learning environments, and implement interventions for improvement.The job holder will support practice assessors/supervisors and clinicalprofessional development for preceptorship.

Thejob holder will support the development of clinical practice assessors andkey trainers, providing supervision through on-site support and continuousprofessional development activities.

Thejob holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and wholeservice working. As a role model theywill promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality,effective and efficient care.

Person Specification Skills & Behaviours

• Professionalism
• Accountability
• Inclusive
• Use of initiative
• Compassion

Qualifications

• Practice Assessor (and/or equivalent)
• ESCALATE foundation programme or equivalent in surgical field
• PGCert Clinical Education
• PNA

Experience

• Clinical experience in Paediatric Surgery
• Facilitation and support of an improvement project and/or teaching
• Assessment and feedback
• Understanding of patient safety, risk and governance
• Clinical experience in paediatric neurology
• Facilitation of teaching programmes
• Audit and governance

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.