Neonatal Clinical Educator

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 03 November 2026

Are you an experienced and passionate neonatal nurse readyto shape the future workforce of neonatal care?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Neonatal Practice Educator to join our dedicated neonatal team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced neonatal practitioner to combine their clinical expertise with education, leadership, quality improvement and service development across our neonatal services.

Working closely with neonatal, paediatric, maternity and multidisciplinary teams, you will:

• Lead and deliver neonatal education, training and simulation programmes.
• Support the development of newly qualified nurses, students and experienced practitioners.
• Drive clinical excellence through evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives.
• Champion patient safety, governance and professional standards.
• Influence service development and workforce transformation across neonatal care.
• Act as a clinical leader and expert resource for colleagues across the Trust.
• Help shape the next generation of neonatal professionals.

Develop and deliver education plans, competency based training programmes and support activities relating to clinical nurse education, training and development, and multi professional team development.

Collect, evaluate and analyse data, and make judgements on the clinical implications of the evidence, applying this to development programmes.

Develop and present relevant reports and presentations on essential and role specific training performance and training needs analysis for forward planning

Work cross site and across the perinatal and paediatric services

Support the regional provision of nurse education within the neonatal network.

Participate in Trust wide neonatal life support training and updates

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Please note that we may close any vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Lead education and training for neonatal nurses, student nurses, midwives and multidisciplinary colleagues, including induction, preceptorship, emergency skills training and ongoing professional development.

Support and develop staff in clinical practice
, acting as a mentor, coach and expert role model to ensure high standards of evidence-based neonatal care.

Drive quality improvement and patient safety
, helping implement learning from incidents, governance initiative sand national neonatal standards.

Work clinically alongside staff
,supporting newly qualified nurses, return-to-practice staff and colleagues requiring additional development.

Promote excellence in neonatal care by developing policies, guidelines and care pathways based on current evidence andbest practice.

Lead workforce development strategies
,identifying training needs and ensuring staff have the skills and knowledge required to deliver safe, high-quality care.

Collaborate across neonatal, paediatric,maternity and obstetric services to improve patient outcomes and…