Clinical Nurse Educator - Emergency Medicine

An exciting position has become available, for a dynamic and experienced educator RN or AHP to join our Education Team within the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit (UEC) at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. You must have at least 2 years' experience at teaching within a clinical setting such as Acute Medicine/ITU/ED or a clinical teaching environment and have simulation experience around patient safety and pathways and clinical skills and equipment training and an understanding of Human Factors.

You will be joining an existing team and will be responsible for the clinical training and development of all nursing and healthcare staff. You will be undertaking in situ simulation on a regular basis, setting up of study days for acutely ill patients/sepsis/paediatrics/CBRN/major Incident and mandatory training, as well as supporting newly qualified nursing staff in their 4-week induction and preceptorship and developing the workforce.

Your role will include undertaking monthly report writing and data collection to be reported into the Matron Lead for the team, as well as maintaining a database for training. You will also be expected to produce the Education strategy for the next 2 years to work against and submit the yearly Training Needs Analysis (TNA) for staff development alongside the trust Education Lead.

We will require you to either have a PGCE or be willing to undertake this training within the first 12 to 18 months months of starting your role., The successful candidate will be key in the implementation of the education strategy for the emergency care setting. They will provide supervision in practice and deliver training, whilst establishing the training requirements in the setting to ensure the necessary workforce skill mix. They will link the education strategy for the emergency care setting with the overall strategy for education in the organisation. They will work closely with the lead nurse managers, and education providers, including higher education institutes (HEIs) in providing and supporting learners within the ED.

The post will involve managing alongside the other Band 7, a small group of nurse educators to ensure that they are delivering high quality education across the division. The post holder will work closely with both AMU and ED to build working relations and ensure educational and clinical standards across the care group.

The post holder should have experience in leadership, and education, having a track record of clinical education of others is paramount to this role.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.