Clinical Skills Practitioner

The closing date is 08 March 2026

The post holder will be responsible for planning and delivering clinical skills to undergraduate medical students, ensuring competency is achieved in order to progress. They will have a major job responsibility to develop and deliver a broad range of practical procedure training to medical students undertaking a 5‑year MBBS program. Undertaking assessment of students’ capability and providing verbal feedback and guidance.

They will be able to competently perform and teach clinical procedures such as venepuncture and cannulation, catheterisation, setting up IV fluids/medications, SC and IM injections, blood glucose monitoring, vital signs monitoring, etc. They will work closely with the undergraduate education team to recruit and consent patients from wards and outpatient departments for participation in medical education and inclusion in the local database.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

To plan, develop and deliver clinical skill training to medical students including the development of relevant educational resources.

Responsible for ensuring students achieve proficiency in performing practical procedures (venepuncture, cannulation, catheterization, etc.).

Responsible for ensuring students are signed off as competent in practical procedures required by the GMC in order for training progression.

Be actively involved in the ongoing recruitment of volunteer patients for participation in medical education and maintenance of the local volunteer database.

Contribute to the research and the development of medical education.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

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Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true?

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To plan, develop and deliver clinical skill training to medical students including the development of relevant educational resources. Responsible for ensuring students achieve proficiency in performing practical procedures (venepuncture, cannulation, catheterization, etc.). Responsible for ensuring students are signed off as competent in practical procedures required by the GMC in order for training progression. Be actively involved in the ongoing recruitment of volunteer patients for participation in medical education and maintenance of the local volunteer database.

Contribute to the research and the development of medical education.

• 1st Level Registered Nurse in Adult/General Nursing specialty.
• Evidence of post registration development and further academic study, ideally qualified to diploma/degree level.
• Registered Mentor.
• Clinical Assessment Qualification
• Teaching qualification

• Substantial post registration experience in and an in-depth understanding of the clinical area underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
• Experience of providing training in a variety of formats, such as individual and group sessions.
• Awareness of undergraduate medical education.

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year Pro rata per annum