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Job overview

The role exists to provide high quality and up-to-date education and training within clinical skills and simulation team. This includes the development and delivery of teaching and assessing the clinical skills of medical students, medical staff and other health care professionals, enabling them to deliver the Trust’s vision of Dedicated to Excellence.

The Clinical Skills Trainer will support the provision and continual improvement of appropriate, high quality in-house and external clinical skills education and development activity.

The post-holder will work collaboratively with the existing team to continue to build on and develop high-quality opportunities available to attract our future workforce and retain our current workforce.

Take on responsibility for personal development and support the development and supervision of others by developing and maintaining specialist knowledge within education practice.

To liaise with the appropriate Higher Education Institutes (HEI’s), clinical tutors and external resources, to ensure the training delivered meets national criteria. 

 The Clinical Skills Trainer will work collaboratively within a highly motivated, skilled and engaged team committed to delivering best care for everyone and build and sustain successful working relationships with colleagues to foster a strong ethos of partnership working.

Main duties of the job

To work with guidance from the CSF on the planning, implementation, provision and evaluation of an ergonomically based specialized clinical skills training  programme.    Update the theoretical underpinning components: evidence based, best clinical practice and competency criteria, being aware at all times of statutory obligations and national strategies and their impact on service delivery.    Under guidance of the CSF, to audit and evaluate the development of both practice and skills training programmes.   

To be a professional resource for students and staff; giving advice regarding teaching and the use of specialist equipment.  To ensure as far as possible under the sphere of influence that; trainees are “fit for purpose and practice”.    Implement and maintain an effective record system (data base) of learners and any systems that are used within the team.

 To network and attend educational meetings, events and workshops within the trust, HEI’s and throughout the UK to keep informed of current best practice standards and initiatives and sharing information with the service users.  Act as a professional resource for advice and education regarding knowledge and skills and in the use of the clinical skills models for the service users.    Work alongside the technicians in supporting them maintaining the clinical skills equipment and environment, teaching resources and records; to ensure efficient use of the clinical skills laboratory throughout the year.  

Working for our organisation

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.