Clincial Trainer; Coastal RNLI

Our purpose is simple: to save lives  hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue. We’re looking for a Clinical Trainer to join our Clinical Training Team. The Lifesaving Training Team ensures our lifeboat crews and lifeguards are ready to help save lives at sea through exceptional training. The Clinical Training team supports this by designing and delivering training courses that are aligned to current best clinical practice, ensuring the crews and lifeguards can deliver high levels of evidence based medical care in the most challenging environments.

• Flexible working
• 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance

• Planning and facilitating the delivery of Clinical Training courses at lifeboat stations across Scotland, including the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands.
• Delivering Clinical Training courses to lifeguard support centres in Scotland, the UK and Northern Ireland in the lead up to the summer season.
• Working alongside other Clinical Trainers to develop course content and training materials, ensuring it is matched to best practice.

Please note this role will involve extensive travel, and candidates will be expected to stay away from home during training delivery. This travel will be primarily within Scotland, but UK and ROI wide travel will also be required, especially during the months of February to August.

• Previous teaching and/or mentoring experience.
• Award in Education and Training or equivalent would be desirable.
• HCPC/NMC Registered professional.
• Prehospital Clinical experience.
• An understanding of the volunteer ethos.
• Willingness to work away from home, including evenings and weekends.
• This post requires a valid driving licence.

Other organisations may call this role Clinical Tutor. As a Clinical Trainer, you will need the ability to manage not only the training and assessment of volunteer lifeboat crew members and lifeguards, but the logistics delivering that training and assessment in different locations. Flexibility and the ability to think on your feet are key attributes.

If you want to see how casualty care supports our organisation’s aim to save lives at sea, this could be the role for you.

Interview date: w/c 9th November 2026 (in Perth).

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include reference checks at offer stage and relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role.

(England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland;
Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland;
Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision:
To save Every One.