Clinical Educator

The Band 6 Clinical Educator is responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality, evidence based patient care by leading and facilitating education, training, and professional development across the multidisciplinary team MDT within the Acute Medical Unit AMU. The post holder will foster a positive learning environment, ensuring staff have the knowledge, skills, and competencies required to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Key responsibilities include planning, coordinating, and delivering clinical education programmes for nursing and support staff within the AMU. The Clinical Educator will provide ongoing clinical support, supervision, coaching, and mentorship to promote professional development, competency, and adherence to national and local standards.

The role includes maintaining oversight of mandatory and role specific training compliance, monitoring staff competency records, and ensuring training documentation is accurate, current, and aligned with organisational requirements. The post holder will identify learning needs through appraisal outcomes, incident reviews, audit findings, and service priorities, developing targeted educational interventions to address gaps in practice.

The Clinical Educator will lead and participate in clinical audits, analyse audit data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement, and present findings to the multidisciplinary team. Working collaboratively with clinical leaders and governance teams, the post holder will support the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of quality improvement QI initiatives to enhance patient outcomes, patient safety, and service effectiveness.

Barnsley is a place of real warmth and community spirit. With a proud industrial past, the town offers affordable living, great transport links, rich culture and many green spaces. Barnsley punches above itsweight and has recently seen economic growth, substantial regeneration and digital ambition, whilst leading the way in healthcare innovation and employability.

At Barnsley Hospital, we are a close-knit,ambitious team delivering outstanding care in the heart of South Yorkshire. Ouraim is to be the best place to work and we have been consistently rated by ourpeople as being amongst the very best Trusts in the country in areas such as compassionate leadership, teamwork and supporting colleague wellbeing.

We offer a friendly working environment where youwill be recognised and valued for what you do, led with compassion and integrity and have your career and wellbeing supported.

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.

For individuals who require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health &care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert tocheck your eligibility.

The cost ofthe DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met bythe successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Please notewe reserve the right to close positions early

Job Description for Clinical Educator

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

• Extensive clinical experience Acute Medicine.
• Previous experience of Acute Medicine Advanced Life Support, willing to work towards GIC.

• 1st level Registered Nurse.
• Evidence of post registration personal and professional development.
• Possession of ENB 998 or equivalent.

• Please describe in around 100 words:
  What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important
• Please describe in around 100 words:
  Describe an example of where you have helped to improve the service of a department.

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.