Clinical Skill Trainer / Education Facilitator

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the progressive and innovative Medical Education team at Royal Papworth Hospital as a Clinical Skills Trainer. We are seeking a highly motivated and well organised clinical professional who brings strong practical abilities and a genuine passion for teaching clinical skills. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic educational environment and is committed to supporting the development of future medical professionals., As a Clinical Skills Trainer, you will work closely with a multi disciplinary team of Clinical Educators and Medical Education Teaching Fellows to deliver high quality clinical skills training for undergraduate medical students from the University of Cambridge. You will play an important role in shaping the learning experience of students in Years 4, 5, and 6, helping them develop the competence and confidence needed for safe and effective clinical practice., Teach and assess a broad range of core skills such as vital signs measurement, venepuncture, urinary catheterisation, arterial blood gas sampling, peak flow measurement, Basic Life Support etc. Training provided where needed.

Deliver structured practical skills teaching in both simulation environments and clinical settings, ensuring sessions are engaging, safe and aligned with curriculum expectations. Simulation based training involves using task trainers/models, mannikins, and ward based scenarios.

Support supervised practice by guiding students through hands on learning, offering formative assessment and structured feedback, and documenting additional support for learners who require it.

Provide opportunistic clinical teaching in clinical environments to help students apply skills learned in simulation into patient care

Prepare, check and maintain simulation equipment and consumables in the local Practical Skills Lab to facilitate effective delivery of teaching programmes and capacity for unsupervised student practice

Promote high quality mentorship, supervision and assessment by supporting clinical staff in providing students with consistent, effective feedback and guidance throughout clinical placements

Contribute to other simulation based training and point of care ultrasound teaching. Training will be provided where needed.

Our programmes make extensive use of medical simulation and involve working with simulated models as well as real patients. Experience in simulation based education is welcome but not essential.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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