Clinical Skills & Learning SpecialistNHS

Job summary

Are you a highly experienced clinical professional who thrives in challenging environments, enjoys developing others and wants to influence care quality across an entire organisation? Join Elysium Healthcare as a Clinical Skills & Learning Specialist and play a pivotal role in strengthening clinical practice, enhancing workforce capability and supporting services when they need it most. This is a unique and rewarding role that goes far beyond traditional learning and development. Combining advanced clinical expertise, education and operational support, you will work closely with the Chief Nurse, senior clinical leaders and Learning & Development teams to improve clinical standards and support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care across our services. As a senior clinical practitioner and educator, you will create and facilitate structured, calendarised clinical learning programmes that equip colleagues with the skills, confidence and knowledge required to deliver exceptional care. Through coaching, training and professional support, y

Main duties of the job

Are you a highly experienced clinical professional who thrives in challenging environments, enjoys developing others and wants to influence care quality across an entire organisation? Join Elysium Healthcare as a Clinical Skills & Learning Specialist and play a pivotal role in strengthening clinical practice, enhancing workforce capability and supporting services when they need it most. This is a unique and rewarding role that goes far beyond traditional learning and development. Combining advanced clinical expertise, education and operational support, you will work closely with the Chief Nurse, senior clinical leaders and Learning & Development teams to improve clinical standards and support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care across our services. As a senior clinical practitioner and educator, you will create and facilitate structured, calendarised clinical learning programmes that equip colleagues with the skills, confidence and knowledge required to deliver exceptional care. Through coaching, training and professional support, you will help develop registered nurses, healthcare staff and clinical leaders, promoting best practice and continuous improvement across the organisation.

Job description

Are you a highly experienced clinical professional who thrives in challenging environments, enjoys developing others and wants to influence care quality across an entire organisation? Join Elysium Healthcare as a Clinical Skills & Learning Specialist and play a pivotal role in strengthening clinical practice, enhancing workforce capability and supporting services when they need it most.

This is a unique and rewarding role that goes far beyond traditional learning and development. Combining advanced clinical expertise, education and operational support, you will work closely with the Chief Nurse, senior clinical leaders and Learning & Development teams to improve clinical standards and support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care across our services.

As a senior clinical practitioner and educator, you will create and facilitate structured, calendarised clinical learning programmes that equip colleagues with the skills, confidence and knowledge required to deliver exceptional care. Through coaching, training and professional support, you will help develop registered nurses, healthcare staff and clinical leaders, promoting best practice and continuous improvement across the organisation.

A key aspect of the role is providing responsive clinical support to services experiencing challenges or increased risk. You will be expected to deploy into clinical environments at short notice to support teams, provide expert guidance and coaching, and help stabilise situations where patient safety, care quality or workforce capability require immediate attention. Working closely with senior leaders, you will support responses to clinical incidents, quality concerns, safety alerts, regulatory findings and emerging risks.

Using your clinical expertise and professional credibility, you will act as a trusted resource for services, helping teams enhance practice in real time, particularly within high-acuity, complex or pressured environments. While the role has no direct line management responsibilities, you will have significant influence across the organisation, leading through expertise, coaching and collaboration to drive improvements in care delivery and clinical outcomes.

Key Accountabilities:

• Act as a senior clinical specialist and educator, and at times sole organisational resource for rapid-response clinical support, shaping and influencing practice to deliver measurable improvements in clinical capability, patient safety and care quality across services
• Design, deliver and embed high-quality clinical training and development programmes that drive consistency, competence and excellence in practice
• Operate as a flexible, high-impact clinical resource, able to respond to and stabilise challenged environments while building sustainable improvements in capability and practice
• Support regulatory readiness and response to external scrutiny across multiple services
• Embed a culture of continuous learning and reflective practice

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC PIN
• Post Graduate level course relevant clinical subject or equivalent experience
• Teaching/ Coaching qualification
• Ability to translate complex clinical issues into practical learning and improvement actions.
• Strong communication skills, in working with individuals experiencing acute mental distress and in risk management and multi-agency engagement
• Significant post-registration experience in high-acuity mental health or complex care environments
• Experience working with senior clinical leaders on quality, safety or improvement initiatives

What You'll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others. You'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth and future, including:

• Annual base salary of £50,933
• £5,000 car allowance
• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), plus your birthday off
• The option to buy additional annual leave
• Excellent career development and training opportunities
• Access to Ely-Vate, our rewards, discounts and wellbeing platform
• Wellbeing support and activities to promote work-life balance
• Blue Light Card membership discounts
• Life Assurance
• Stream – instant access to earned wages and financial wellbeing support
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Pension contribution

About Us:

Elysium Healthcare has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to care delivery. With more than 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological Services, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education, there are countless opportunities to develop and progress your career.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global organisation operating across 10 countries and employing more than 86,000 people worldwide.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment practices for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. All staff have a responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

About us

Elysium Healthcare has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to care delivery. With more than 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological Services, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education, there are countless opportunities to develop and progress your career. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global organisation operating across 10 countries and employing more than 86,000 people worldwide. Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment practices for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. All staff have a responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.