Recruitment and Retention Clinical Educator

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Educator to join our small, dedicated education team focusing on recruitment and retention of the nursing workforce and supporting the development of our nursing workforce across unplanned care.

This rewarding role offers the opportunity to work with a wide range of staff groups including apprentices, Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs), Registered Nursing Associates, Newly Qualified Nurses, and Internationally Educated Nurses. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting new starters as they embed into their clinical areas and develop confidence and competence within their roles.

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about teaching, learning, and staff development, and who is committed to helping others achieve their full potential. The post holder will act as a positive role model, consistently demonstrating the Trust PRIDE values and promoting a supportive learning culture across clinical environments.

A key aspect of the role will also include providing pastoral and wellbeing support to learners and new staff members, recognising the challenges that can arise when transitioning into new roles and clinical environments. The successful candidate will be approachable, compassionate, and able to foster psychologically safe learning environments where staff feel valued, supported, and encouraged to succeed.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will:

• Support the recruitment, retention, education, training, and development of the nursing workforce
• Facilitate learning opportunities within clinical practice
• Provide pastoral, wellbeing, and professional support to learners and new starters
• Support apprentices, HCSWs, Registered Nursing Associates, Newly Qualified Nurses, and Internationally Educated Nurses throughout their development journey
• Work collaboratively with ward and department teams to enhance the learner experience
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in response to service needs
• Contribute to service improvement and workforce development initiatives
• Promote high standards of patient care through education and professional role modelling

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experience in supporting learners in practice, and a genuine passion for developing others. You will be organised, approachable, and able to work both independently and as part of a team.

About us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached job description and person specification for full details on the main responsibilities and criteria

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc/Nurse Practitioner Degree or appropriate qualification
• Mentorship preparation or equivalent
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and post registration studies in a clinical portfolio

Desirable

• Master's Degree or working towards

Experience

Essential

• Registered Nurse/AHP with extensive post-registration experience
• Evidence of ability to provide support mechanism to other staff within the Emergency areas

Desirable

• Experience in formal teaching programmes
• Experience of policies and guideline development

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to maintain standards of care/leadership in a busy environment
• Must be able to use initiative to prioritise and organise workload
• Knowledge of up to date issues in Nurse/AHP education

Desirable

• Experience of implementing change

Aptitude

Essential

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion