Job summary A Clinical Educator position working within the Tissue Viability Team focusing on the trusts Pressure Ulcer Strategy. Main duties of the job Main Duties of the Clinical Educator Role in the Tissue Viability Team The Clinical Educator within the Tissue Viability team focusing on the Trust's Pressure Ulcer Strategy will have the following core responsibilities: 1. Education and Training Develop, deliver, and evaluate educational programs for clinical staff to improve knowledge and skills in pressure ulcer prevention, management, and treatment. Provide bedside teaching, workshops, and classroom-based sessions tailored to various staff groups, including nurses, healthcare assistants, and allied health professionals. Promote awareness of the Trust's Pressure Ulcer Strategy, ensuring all staff understand their role in achieving strategic goals. About us We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application. Date posted 02 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary Depending on experience per annum Contract Fixed term Duration 12 months Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working Reference number 319-6897517IO Job locations nursery park ashington NE63 0DH Job description Job responsibilities 1. Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers Reducing Harm: Pressure ulcers are often preventable with appropriate care and early intervention. A Clinical Educator ensures community and acute nurses are well-trained in prevention techniques, including skin assessments, risk assessment tools and proper positioning strategies. 2. Standardisation of Best Practices Uniform Care Delivery: The educator ensures consistent application of evidence-based practices across wards and community settings by providing training, clinical updates, and competency frameworks. Policy Implementation: Translating the Trusts Pressure Ulcer Strategy into actionable and practical workflows ensures that the strategy is effectively implemented at all levels. Job description Job responsibilities 1. Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers Reducing Harm: Pressure ulcers are often preventable with appropriate care and early intervention. A Clinical Educator ensures community and acute nurses are well-trained in prevention techniques, including skin assessments, risk assessment tools and proper positioning strategies. 2. Standardisation of Best Practices Uniform Care Delivery: The educator ensures consistent application of evidence-based practices across wards and community settings by providing training, clinical updates, and competency frameworks. Policy Implementation: Translating the Trusts Pressure Ulcer Strategy into actionable and practical workflows ensures that the strategy is effectively implemented at all levels. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Professional registration with NMC/HCPC/GPC (depending on the role advertised Degree level of knowledge or equivalent level of knowledge and / or experience, supplemented by specialist knowledge relevant to the role to post graduate diploma level equivalent Post registration qualification relevant to specialty or equivalent experience IT skills to produce educational resources, reports and data Qualification in learning and assessing in clinical practice and experience of delivering training and education Desirable Trained clinical supervisor Trained coach Person Specification Qualifications Essential Professional registration with NMC/HCPC/GPC (depending on the role advertised Degree level of knowledge or equivalent level of knowledge and / or experience, supplemented by specialist knowledge relevant to the role to post graduate diploma level equivalent Post registration qualification relevant to specialty or equivalent experience IT skills to produce educational resources, reports and data Qualification in learning and assessing in clinical practice and experience of delivering training and education Desirable Trained clinical supervisor Trained coach Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Address nursery park ashington NE63 0DH Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)