Clinical Practice Educator

OUR VALUES IN ACTION

• Care and Compassion
• Quality and Teamwork
• Dignity and Respect
• Openness, honesty and responsibility
  
  

BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL

CLINICAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CLINICAL PRACTICE EDUCATOR

FIXED-TERM, 2 YEARS, 30 HOURS/WEEK

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced, and highly motivated registered practitioner to join our Clinical and Professional Development Team to develop and support staff working across NHS Borders. The post holder will support the Clinical Practice Lead to meet clinical practice needs for Registered Practitioners, Healthcare Support Workers and multi-professional staff groups. This includes;

The design, planning, implementation and evaluation of Clinical Skills Education for Staff who are involved in direct patient care.

Skills Include

• Cognitive or ‘thinking’ skills such as clinical reasoning and decision-making
• Non-technical skills such as team-working and communication
• Technical skills such as IV Therapy, Venepuncture and Cannulation
• Assess and benchmark clinical education which will support the development of new / extended clinical roles and new ways of working, to support primarily nursing and medical education
• Interpret and assess complex organisational and clinical practice needs aligned to current research, professional college guidance, best practice statements, national drivers and legislative requirements in order to inform organisational planning
• Provide on-going support, specialist education knowledge and advice to clinicians, promoting research and evidenced based practice
• Plan, design, monitor and formally evaluate the effectiveness of clinical development activities, to ensure the provision of a quality service, which meets the standards of the department
• To undertake educational / clinical practice audit relevant to role and maintain accurate databases of Staff undertaking enhanced role courses.
• Project manage local implementation of clinical service initiatives through multi-disciplinary working to ensure effective achievement of priorities.
  
  

If you are a confident, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who shares our desire to promote evidence-based practice and develop and maintain high standards of quality care then we would like to receive an application from you.

Informal Enquiries To

Michelle O’Reilly, Chief Nurse Clinical & Professional Development

Email: [email protected]

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form

• PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early**
  
  

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.