Job summary
- Main area
- Research
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 358-6923479-COR-E
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- cross sites
- Town
- Leicester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 NA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Educator (Research)
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
Do you thrive on personal responsibility, have a keen eye for detail and love to think about the bigger picture and have a restless desire to improve things?
Are you energised by working with other people, get a buzz out of learning, developing others and are good at explaining things?
Are you good at analysing data and situations, thrive on problem solving, have very high standards and respects others?
If you recognise yourself in the description above and it excites you to think you could be one of our team to help embed research in day to day clinical practice whilst growing as a Centre of Excellence for research we want to hear from you.
This secondment opportunity will not only support your professional development but it will also allow you to play an active role in raising the profile of clinical and academic research. As part of this new role you will have the space for proposing new initiatives and ways of working across boundaries, exploring and creating new collaborations as well as securing opportunities to grow the IEH and its reputation.
It is an opportunity not to be missed.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:
· Work with the IEH and the UHL Education and Practice Development Team to identify relevant research education and training needs to support the development and delivery of an innovative Trust wide education and training programme aimed at enhancing research competencies across UHL
· Engage with the clinical areas in Research awareness promoting and delivering education in research practice.
· Contribute to the development of the IEH research infrastructure to support local implementation of the IEH research objectives.
Work in close collaboration with the Education and Practice Development Team to ensure that the clinical areas provide a positive practice environment in research practice for new starters, students and learners.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1.1 Work alongside clinical colleagues across CMGs delivering research education practice and evidence-based practice in clinical care.
1.2 Take a lead role in the facilitation and provision of research education and professional practice and expertise for staff whilst working in defined / allocated clinical area.
1.3 Participate in the development, implementation and delivery of competency based research practice education, supervision and assessment of staff in the practice setting.
1.4 Contribute to Trust wide core training delivering research practice such as Preceptorship, registrant Induction, OSCE Programme, Healthcare Support Worker Induction
1.5 Promote high quality clinical care and assist in the development and expansion of practice that meets the needs of the service and user.
1.6 Actively contribute to the support of leaners, supervisors and assessors within the clinical area to enrich the quality of their research learning experience.
1.7 Actively contribute to the education and training of Healthcare Support Workers acknowledging their growing contribution to the delivery of care in the clinical area.
1.8 Maintain clinical credibility and visibility by working in the practice setting in the support of clinical colleagues, care of patients when and where it is appropriate to the role.
1.9 To contribute to the local implementation of the UHL Induction and Study Leave Policies and the UHL Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Strategy
For more details please refer to the Job Description
Person specification
training
Essential criteria
- type of training
skills
Essential criteria
- type of skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- years of experience
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eleanor Meldrum
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07921 545669
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