Clinical Education FacilitatorNHS

Job summary

The candidate will be joining a well-established Clinical Education team within Emergency Medicine working with 2 Adult Nurse CEF's, 1 CEF for Children's Emergency Department, 1 CEF for Minor Injury/Illness + UTC, and a Clinical Education HCSW/admin. We support the bustling group of Emergency Medicine Nursing + AHP staff, covering Adult Emergency Department, Children's Emergency Department, Minor Injury + Illness Unit and Urgent Treatment Centres, Acute Medical Short Stay, Acute Frailty Unit and Medical Assessment Unit.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

The EM Clinical Education Facilitator's are responsible for supporting the delivery, coordination, and evaluation of clinical education programs within our Emergency Medicine Group settings. The role focuses on enhancing the clinical competence of healthcare professionals--including doctors, nurses, paramedics, and allied health staff--by facilitating training, simulation, supervision and assessment, leading to achieving professional development aligned with evidence-based emergency medicine practices.

The facilitator collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to design and implement educational initiatives that improve patient safety, clinical performance, and adherence to emergency care protocols.

The position requires strong clinical knowledge of emergency medicine care, excellent communication and facilitation skills, and the ability to engage diverse learners in a fast-paced healthcare setting while promoting continuous professional development and quality improvement. Sound IT skills are expected to keep record keeping of such training in ways easy to review and analyse.

Job description

• To be a visible presence in the clinical areas working clinically alongside, supervising learners to enable them to achieve their learning objectives.
• The successful candidate will work within our team to take responsibility for specific tasks such as delivering training to our wider emergency medicine team on a new device, whilst monitoring progress through excellent record keeping.
• Responsibilities include coordinating teaching sessions, supporting simulation-based training, mentoring learners, and assisting in the assessment of clinical competencies.
• Guide senior staff and practice assessors and supervisors to ensure students and other learners receive a robust induction and orientation to the placement areas.
• Working closely with new starters in emergency medicine, specifically newly qualified professionals both in a classroom and clinical supervision setting to support their induction and settling in period within their new role. This involves the planning and teaching on local induction.
• Being kept up to date with own clinical knowledge and skills, to an expert level, able to cascade knowledge and skills to the required roles.
• Monitoring, interpreting and actioning figures of mandatory and essential training, communicating with the wider teams to ensure engagement and performance achieved
• Communicating to team leaders any barriers to own or wider team performance, with active initiative for resolving barriers
• To signpost staff to the appropriate information, advice and guidance relating to the learning opportunities provided within the trust.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, patients and relatives.
• Participate in clinical audit and reviews of patient care, as required.
• Working 1 clinical shift a week/1 week a month-varying clinical presence across the emergency medicine clinical areas. This shift may be flexible to meet service demand/needs.
• The role will require flexible working to cover the needs of the service.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.